E-mail with mailx

[Werner Rips]

How do I have to configure sendmail.cf on my workstation (715/100 with HP-UX11.0) so that I can send e-mails on the internet using mailx.

[Rick Garland]

There are several different options to this. If you have a system that is already configured to be the mail gateway, be it MicroSlop or something else that is already accessing the internet, set the Smart Host in the sendmail.cf file to look at this system. It will direct mail to the Smart Host which will then send it out.

A question to be answered, does the HP system have a direct link to the outside? Or is there a firewall in place? A proxy? etc... There is probably one system that has the outside access and you can direct your mails to that system and let it do the rest of the work.

[Rick Garland]

Don't forget, if you make changes to the sendmail.cf file, you will need to bounce the sendmail process so the config changes gets read.

[Werner Rips]

I hope the answer you gave will help, but first, what are the usefull entries in sendmail.cf when I am directly connected to the internet and want to send my mail strait to the receipient and second what if I have a firewall where I have to put my mail through?

Would you please help me again?

[David Rodman]

Have you tried email yet? Is there a problem with mailing to the internet now? Have you tried this format?
mailx yourname@internetmail.com

Problems with getting the above going could range from
names services, to a sendmail config to network problems.
If the above works and what is broken is attachments,
then we can help there too...
But we need some problem description.