Environment variables

Table 1 provides a list of environment variables that can be explicitly set by sendmail.

Table 1. Environment variables for sendmail
Environment variable Description
GSK_TRACE Specifies a bit mask enabling system SSL trace options.
GSK_TRACE_FILE When set to the name of a file in a directory, enables the system SSL trace.
HOME The system initializes this variable at login time to a path name of the user's home directory.
HOSTALIASES The host aliases data set or file.