topic Re: sendmail configuration in Operating System - Linux

sendmail configuration

Khashru — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:11:14 GMT

i have configured sendmail.cf in RHEL 4.7. it is sending mail properly. but when i receive the mail it is coming as root@localhost.toweraustralia.com.au

I want to have the node name / hostname instead of localhsot. ie

root@dmsdev1.toweraustralia.com.au

Which parameter i need to change.

Re: sendmail configuration

Ivan Krastev — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:59:16 GMT

See this howto - http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/sendmail-masquerading-configuration-howto.html

regards,
ivan

Re: sendmail configuration

Khashru — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:15:40 GMT

My requirement is opposite. i want to publish local user name and server name.

Re: sendmail configuration

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:48:07 GMT

IIRC, the easiest way to change @localhost.toweraustralia.com.au to @dmsdev1.toweraustralia.com.au is putting

dmsdev1.toweraustralia.com.au

as first entry into /etc/hosts, like this

127.0.0.1 dms...com.au localhost localhost.localdomain

Re: sendmail configuration

haytham_hosny — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:20:22 GMT

Hi ,

you can review the following URL link for how to well confgure the sendmail.cf file

http://www.sendmail.org/m4/readme.html

Hope this helps you

Thanks
Haytham Hosny

Re: sendmail configuration

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:08:57 GMT

Shalom,

I would suggest you use the /etc/mail/virtusertable and /etc/mail/genericstable

These two tables control outbound aliases.

You can make
root@localhost.toweraustralia.com.au
be root@toweraustralia.com.au

Or any address you like.

You will need to recompile the sendmail.cf file using m4 directives as explained at http://www.sendmail.org

SEP

Re: sendmail configuration

wobbe — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:22:31 GMT

I allways edit the passswd file.
Change the second word "root" to the your systemname.

Re: sendmail configuration

Khashru — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:54:51 GMT

I have applied Vitaly Karasik's solution and it worked.