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Configuring Sendmail for Brightmail Scanner with M4

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Configuring Sendmail for the Brightmail Filter 9 Verify that Sendmail has restarted: # ps -ef | grep sendmail Configuring Sendmail for Brightmail Scanner with M4 There are two ways to configure Sendmail to work with Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam. You can either edit the sendmail.cf file, or you can use m4 to generate a new sendmail.cf file. This section covers what you need to know to use m4 to configure Sendmail. To use the sendmail.cf file, refer to "Configuring Sendmail for Brightmail Scanner with sendmail.cf," on page 40. NOTE: Before completing this procedure, make sure you have followed the instructions in "Enable Sendmail External Filtering," on page 17. If you are using an m4 file, instead of editing sendmail.cf, you should edit your m4 file to include the following command, and regenerate your sendmail.cf file as usual. This command must come after any MAILER line(s). Also, see "Understanding the Filter Address and Optional Settings," on page 33 for timeout settings. INPUT_MAIL_FILTER('bmifilter', 'S=inet:[email protected], T=C:10m;S:5m;R:5m;E:10m') Where: 41001 is any valid networking port number that you configured for the bmifilter program. machine.xyz.com is the IP address or DNS name of the machine that is running bmifilter. Installation Guide 41

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Configuring Sendmail for the Brightmail Filter
Installation Guide
41
9
Verify that Sendmail has restarted:
Configuring Sendmail for Brightmail Scanner with M4
There are two ways to configure Sendmail to work with Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam.
You can either edit the sendmail.cf file, or you can use m4 to generate a new sendmail.cf
file. This section covers what you need to know to use m4 to configure Sendmail. To use
the sendmail.cf file, refer to
“Configuring Sendmail for Brightmail Scanner with
sendmail.cf,” on page 40
.
NOTE:
Before completing this procedure, make sure you have followed the instructions in
“Enable Sendmail External Filtering,” on page 17
.
If you are using an
m4
file, instead of editing
sendmail.cf
, you should edit your
m4
file to
include the following command, and regenerate your
sendmail.cf
file as usual. This
command must come after any
MAILER
line(s).
Also, see
“Understanding the Filter Address and Optional Settings,” on page 33
for
timeout settings.
Where:
41001
is any valid networking port number that you configured for the
bmifilter
program.
machine.xyz.com
is the IP address or DNS name of the machine that is running
bmifilter
.
#
ps -ef | grep sendmail
INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(‘bmifilter', ‘S=inet:
,
T=C:10m;S:5m;R:5m;E:10m’)