Sendmail as a send-only local server: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:30, 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

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

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 *Edit <code>sendmail-slackware.mc</code> :
 **Add the line <code>FEATURE(`no_default_msa')dnl</code> to the FEATURE block
-**Add the lines
+**Add the line <code>DAEMON_OPTIONS(`NAME=NoMTA4,Family=inet,Addr=127.0.0.1')dnl</code> right before the MAILER 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>