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:to <code>/etc/mail/aliases</code>; then run the command <code>newaliases</code>
:to <code>/etc/mail/aliases</code>; then run the command <code>newaliases</code>
*<code># /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart</code>
*<code># /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart</code>
*Make sure that the fqdn-hostname is in the DNS and is whitelisted in the inbound smtp server for <code>example.org</code>
*Make sure that the fqdn-hostname is in the DNS (has an A record) and is whitelisted in the inbound smtp server for <code>example.org</code>
[[Category: Linux]]
[[Category: Linux]]

Revision as of 18:20, 9 August 2015

  • # cd /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf
  • Edit sendmail-slackware.mc :
    • Add the line FEATURE(`no_default_msa')dnl to the FEATURE block
    • Add the line DAEMON_OPTIONS(`NAME=NoMTA4,Family=inet,Addr=127.0.0.1')dnl right before the MAILER lines
  • # m4 sendmail-slackware.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
  • Add something like
root:           user
user:           user@example.org
to /etc/mail/aliases; then run the command newaliases
  • # /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart
  • Make sure that the fqdn-hostname is in the DNS (has an A record) and is whitelisted in the inbound smtp server for example.org