Hi list,

man pages say, that there is a parameter "-C" to give sendmail an alternative config file "main.cf". My purpose is to have different configurations on sending mails under certain conditions. Most simple is to use a dedicated smarthost for a special script w/o changing the configuration of the core sendmail/postfix config.

I tried this: #1 create a simple text file containing "From", "To", "Subject" and some text. #2 create a /var/tmp/main.cf just containing: "relayhost = [my.smart.host.ip]" #3 send mail using this command: "cat mysimpletextfile | sendmail -t -C /var/tmp"

But regardless, what I put into the main.cf, sendmail allways uses the "regular" mail server. Even so if I put some unreachable IP in the file, it successfully submits the mail. If I change the "-C" parameter to some faulty string like "-C /var/tux", sendmail claims no main.cf found and stops.

What am I doing wrong?

br Carsten