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*Edit <code>sendmail-slackware.mc</code> :
*Edit <code>sendmail-slackware.mc</code> :
**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 lines<pre>DAEMON_OPTIONS(`NAME=NoMTA4, Family=inet,  Addr=127.0.0.1')dnl
        DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MSA4,  Family=inet, Addr=127.0.0.1, Port=587, M=E')dnl</pre>right before the MAILER lines
*<code># m4 sendmail-slackware.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf</code>
*<code># m4 sendmail-slackware.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf</code>



Revision as of 01:24, 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 lines
      DAEMON_OPTIONS(`NAME=NoMTA4, Family=inet,  Addr=127.0.0.1')dnl

DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MSA4, Family=inet, Addr=127.0.0.1, Port=587, M=E')dnlright 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 and is whitelisted in the inbound smtp server for example.org