Name
MIME8TO7
Synopsis
V8 sendmail contains
the internal ability to convert 8-bit MIME message content into 7-bit
MIME so that mail can be transported through non-8-bit gateways. The
methods used and the circumstances required to trigger conversion are
described under the EightBitMode
option (EightBitMode).
Defining MIME8TO7 to a value of 1 causes support for conversion to be included in sendmail. It is defined as 1 by default. To disable the inclusion of conversion code, add a line like the following to your Build m4 file:
APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF', `-DMIME8TO7=0
')
↑exclude support
One side effect of defining MIME8TO7 to 0 is that it causes all MIME support to also be excluded. Unless you have a compelling reason to do otherwise, we recommend that MIME8TO7 remain enabled.
If you are running a precompiled sendmail
binary, you can use the -d0.1
debugging
command-line switch (-d0.1) to determine if
MIME8TO7 support is included (if it appears in the list, support is
included).
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