building and configuring sendmail on hp ux 11i

[mohammed arafat_2]

Dears
good day
can you help me step-by-step how to configure sendmail on my hp-ux server
the os level is hp-ux 11i

[Andres Stickar]

Using a existing relay host:

If you have a just installed machine, then copy the /etc/nsswitch.files to /etc/nsswitch.conf
This is intended to resolv the names and addresses internally in the machine.
Add the relay host you want to use for external mail in the /etc/hosts file.

add in the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf the relay name in the DS variable.

if the relay machine name is mailhost

you must have the following line in the sendmail.cf file

DSsmtp:mailhost

restart the sendmail process


Sending mail directly to the internet:

only set up the /etc/nsswitch.conf and the /etc/resolv.conf files in your UX.
No changes will be necesary in the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

[Fabrice Meynard]

Hello,

this URL should help you to start configure sendmail :
http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90685/B2355-90685_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90685/00/00/35-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90685/00/00/35-toc.html&searchterms=sendmail&queryid=20030116-075129