Sendmail greet_pause config

[Simon Gao]

Matt,

Here is the sendmail.mc:
==========================================================
divert(-1)
#
# Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman
# Copyright (c) 1988, 1993

divert(0)
VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc,v 1.10.2.16 2002/05/22 16:
39:14 gshapiro Exp $')
OSTYPE(freebsd4)
DOMAIN(generic)

FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o -T<TMPF> /etc/mail/access')
FEATURE(blacklist_recipients)
FEATURE(`greet_pause', `1000')
FEATURE(local_lmtp)
FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable')
FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable')

define(`confBIND_OPTS', `WorkAroundBrokenAAAA')
define(`confMAX_MIME_HEADER_LENGTH', `256/128')
define(`confNO_RCPT_ACTION', `add-to-undisclosed')
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy')
MAILER(local)
MAILER(smtp)
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The sendmail version is  8.13.4, which I am certain greet_pause is
available. I assume if a certain version of Sendmail installed, then all
the features should be available regardless which version FreeBSD? Is
that correct?

Simon


Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Simon Gao wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to enable a new feature, greet_pause, with Sendmail 8.13.x
>> on FreeBSD 4.7.
>>
>> When I try to re-generate sendmail.cf file, I got following error and
>> the file generation failed:
>>
>> # m4 /usr/share/sendmail/cf/m4/cf.m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf
>> m4: sendmail.mc at line 53:
>> include(/usr/share/sendmail/cf/feature/greet_pause.m4): No such file or
>> directory
>>
>> The new feature greet_pause is available since 8.13.1. Why am I missing
>> the file? Or did I do something wrong when creating sendmail.cf?
>>     
>
> Well, show us your sendmail.mc file then and we'll probably be able to
> help.  Otherwise about the only valid conclusion we can come to is "yes,
> you did something wrong."
>
> For reference, if you insert the following into your .mc file you
> should get a 5s greeting pause:
>
>     FEATURE(greet_pause, `5000')dnl ## 5 seconds
>
> Note the quotes around `5000' -- the left hand quote is not like
> the right hand one.  That's something that often catches out people
> unused to the ways of m4(1).
>
> You should have a /usr/share/sendmail/cf/feature/greet_pause.m4
> file if your version of sendmail supports this feature.  It works
> for me just using the system sendmail on RELENG_6.  I think the
> sendmail that comes with 4.7 is too old.  You'ld be well advised to
> upgrade -- at least to 4.11-RELEASE-p25, but preferably 6.2-RELEASE
> due out Real Soon Now.
>
> 	Cheers,
>
> 	Matthew
>
>