Sendmail + Relay

[Alexei_2]

HI, ALL :)

I wont to use sendmail as relay-server.
Domain name of this relay-server is relay.abc.com. How can I configure sendmail to relay mails from internet to my internal server mail.abc.com and from my internal mail-servet (mail.abc.com) to internet ?

[U.SivaKumar_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,
In sendmail.cf of relay.abc.com
Cwlocalhost relay
Dj$w.abc.com
DSmail.abc.com
DMabc.com

In sendmail.cf of mail.abc.com
Cwlocalhost mail relay
Dj$w.abc.com
DHrelay.abc.com
DMabc.com

In your DNS server
abc.com IN MX 10 relay.abc.com

that's it

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Bill Hassell]

NOTE: relay servers are the primary method used by spammers to distribute their messages without leaving a trace of where they originated. You might want to upgrade to the latest version of sendmail and add some filtering for spam relays.

[Ron Brown_2]

Take a look at the following URL for more information regarding configuration of your mail servers to deny spam:

http://ordb.org/faq/#usage

[Geoff Wild]

Sorry - by default, HP's sendmail.cf does not include access db.

You will have to create a new sendmail.cf
Easiest way is to download the sendmail source from sendmail.org

Add:

FEATURE(`access_db')dnl

to the sendmail.mc file. (it should be in cf/cf dir of source tree - just copy one of the ones there)

Then you bulid it:

./Build sendmail.cf

Rgds...Geoff

[Karthik S S]

Geoff,

You are too late ;-)

-Karthik S S

No Points .. if you insist then 0 points

[Geoff Wild]

whoops - posted to the wrong thread! DOH! - no points for me in this thread - sorry about that....