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**Add the line <code>FEATURE(`no_default_msa')dnl</code> to the FEATURE block
**Add the line <code>FEATURE(`no_default_msa')dnl</code> to the FEATURE block
**Add the line <code>DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1,Name=MTA')dnl</code> right before the MAILER lines
**Add the line <code>DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1,Name=MTA')dnl</code> right before the MAILER lines
*<code># m4 /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf/sendmail-slackware.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf</code>
*<code># m4 sendmail-slackware.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf</code>


*Add something like
*Add something like

Revision as of 23:28, 5 August 2015

  • Edit # 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(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1,Name=MTA')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
  • Add the fqdn-hostname to the whitelist of the inbound smtp server for example.org