If your configuration was generated by the PMDF configuration utility² (PMDF V4.1 or later), then you do not need to add a defragmentation channel to your configuration: this was done automatically for you by the configuration utility. See the appropriate edition of the PMDF Installation Guide for instructions on using the configuration utility.
The first step in installing a defragmentation channel is to insert the channel entry in PMDF's configuration file. The entry should have the form:
defragment DEFRAGMENT-DAEMON
Rewrite rules can be added if desired to make it possible to queue mail explicitly to the defragmentation channel. To do this, add the rewrite rules
defragment $U@defragment.localhostname@DEFRAGMENT-DAEMON defragment.localhostname $U@defragment.localhostname@DEFRAGMENT-DAEMONwhere
localhostname should be replaced by the
name of the local host. Once this is done, an address of the form
user%host@defragment.localhostnamewill be routed through the defragmentation channel. (Sending anything other than a message/partial message to the defragmentation channel causes the channel to simply requeue the message for normal delivery.)
pmdf configure (UNIX) or PMDF
CONFIGURE (OpenVMS) or in older versions of PMDF for OpenVMS, one of
the command procedures configure.com or
access_configure.com