sendmail

[Sharvil Desai]

Hi guys!
This is the first time I am at this web-site, and I need some serious help!
Basically, I have to be able to send e-mail from HP-UNIX using "sendmail". So, first I need to be able to get sendmail to recognize our mailserver. Can anyone please tell how can I accomplish this? Thank you very much!

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Sharvil,

Try this link from hp docs site on how to configure sendmail. This will guide you on some basic steps.

http://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=20020131-101424

http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90685/B2355-90685_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90685/00/00/46-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B2355-90685/00/00/46-toc.html&searchterms=sendmail&queryid=20020131-101424

Hope this helps.

Regds

[George_Dodds]

Check out this thread it may be of help

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xf403670142b2d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

[Uday_S_Ankolekar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

You need edit sendmail file

vi /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

look for DS flag by typing /^DS

put your mail servername infront of DS

DSmailservername

Once the changes has been made

Restart sendmail by

/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sensmail start

Try sending mail by typing sendmail user@domainname.

Goodluck,
-USA..

[Sharvil Desai]

Hi! In order to change the senmail.cf file I have to change the attribute of the file from "read-only". right now I can not make any modifications. Can anyone please tell me how can I change the attribute of the file? Thanks a million!

[Sharvil Desai]

Guys you are geniuses, at least in my eyes!
Thank you all for responding in such a short time. I found out how to change permissions of the file..."man"...such a helpful function! :-)
Uday's was the most helpful answer because that was the exact answer, but everyone else also pointed me in right direction. So, You all get lots of points....it's the least I can do for your help!

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Sharvil,

If you are logged in into the system as root, you don't have to change the file permission. you can do a "vi file_name" to edit the file and save the file using "w! .This will write the file even if the file permissions are read only. To change the file permission you use the chmod command. To allow the owner to write to the file, the file permission should be -rw-------

Do a "man chmod" to know more about file permissions and how to modify them.

Hope this helps.

Regds