sendmail, 4th Edition

confMSP_STFILE

Define MSP statistics file (V8.12.6 and later) Build macro

Beginning with V8.12.6 sendmail, the confMSP_STFILE Build macro may be used to define a new name under which the statistics file (StatusFile on page 1095) used by the MSP (The submit.cf File on page 66) invocation of sendmail can be installed. It is used like this:

define(`confMSP_STFILE', `mspstats')

Here, a statistics file with the new name mspstats will be installed in the default directory /var/spool/clientmqueue (unless you redefine the default directory using the confMSP_QUEUE_DIR [confMSP_QUEUE_DIR on page 91] Build macro). The default name for this statistics file is sm-client.st.

Note that if you rename this MSP statistics file, you will also have to redefine the StatusFile option (StatusFile on page 1095) in the submit.cf file (The submit.cf File on page 66) to reflect the new name. The proper way to modify that file is to first edit the cf/cf/submit.mc file in the source distribution, and then to regenerate a new submit.cf file, as shown next.

# cd cf/cf
... edit the submit.mc file here
 # make install-submit-cf
... the submit.cf file is re-created and installed here

See also the mailstats program and its -c command-line switch (-c on page 367), which is used to print the contents of this statistics file.