sendmail configuration

[meekrob]

Hi all ,
i have to configure sendmail on a HP9000 HP-UX server ,
the mail server is a netware server ,
i need to configure sendmail so that i can send mails to the local domain ,
so how i should modify the sendmail.conf file ,and where should i mention the mail server ,
did i have to modify also the /etc/hosts ,
and did i have to create the /etc/nsswitch.conf,
Thank's

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
modify your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf (grep for "relay host") to include
DS
also, include your domain in /etc/hosts
and ensure the nsswitch.conf does read /etc/hosts at some point. Mine reads files first then DNS.

[Geoff Wild]

Also, you may want to set masquerade to youe email domain - ie you@yourdomain.com:

DMyourdomain.com

For the hosts and nsswitch.conf - that depends - what is in there now?

Can you resolve the ip of the netware server?

If yes - then you should be fine.

Rgds...Geoff

[meekrob]

Hi ,
if i will put my domain for exemple test.com in the DS option ,so what i should also put in the Dj option ,
should i mention also the IP address of the mail server or the name in the configuration file ,??
in /etc/hosts , where i should mention the domain ?

Thank you

[Keith Johnson]

The DS entry is used to identify the mail relay through which you want to send mail. It can be the IP of the mail relay or a host name, as long as the host name can be resolved.

The Dj option is for the domain name of the server sending the mail. However, if you have entered the fully qualified domain name of the sending server in its /etc/hosts file you don't need to set it. The /etc/hosts entry would be like:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx server.domain

KJ