Sendmail configuration

priyarajan — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:20:11 GMT

hi folks,

Iam a biggner i want to practice to configure the sendmail in RHEL4, Let me know the procedure to do it , also explain in both GUI based and command line based configurations.

Thanks in Advance.

Re: Sendmail configuration

Asif Sharif — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:34:47 GMT

Hi priyarajan,

Please follow this link to configure the sendmail in RHEL4.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/ref-guide/ch-email.html

Some other Useful Websites are also mentioned.

http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Mail-Administrator-HOWTO.html â Provides an overview of how email works, and examines possible email solutions and configurations on the client and server sides.

http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Mail-User-HOWTO/ â Looks at email from the user's perspective, investigates various popular email client applications and gives an introduction to topics such as aliases, forwarding, auto-replying, mailing lists, mail filters, and spam.

http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Secure-POP+SSH.html â Demonstrates a way to retrieve POP email using SSH with port forwarding, so that the email passwords and messages are transferred securely.

http://www.sendmail.net/ â Contains news, interviews, and articles concerning Sendmail, including an expanded view of the many options available.

http://www.sendmail.org/ â Offers a thorough technical breakdown of Sendmail features and configuration examples.

http://www.postfix.org/ â The Postfix project home page contains a wealth of information about Postfix. The mailing list is a particularly good place to look for information.

http://catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/ â The home page for Fetchmail, featuring an online manual, and a thorough FAQ.

http://www.procmail.org/ â The home page for Procmail with links to assorted mailing lists dedicated to Procmail as well as various FAQ documents.

http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/users/reriksso/procmail/mini-faq.html â An excellent Procmail FAQ, offers troubleshooting tips, details about file locking, and the use of wildcard characters.

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/info/proctips.html â Contains dozens of tips that make using Procmail much easier. Includes instructions on how to test .procmailrc files and use Procmail scoring to decide if a particular action should be taken.

http://www.spamassassin.org/ â The official site of the SpamAssassin project.

Regards,
Asif Sharif

Re: Sendmail configuration

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:31:35 GMT

Wow, lot of links! This is a simple tutorial good for starters:

http://www.brennan.id.au/12-Sendmail_Server.html

Did you know that postfix (another MTA that can be used instead of sendmail) configuration is a lot more simple?

http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/RH-postfix-HOWTO/book1.html

Re: Sendmail configuration

Vipulinux — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:46:30 GMT

Hi

For easy step by step config check thi surl:

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch21_:_Configuring_Linux_Mail_Servers

Cheers
Vipul

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