Sendmail as a send-only local server

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  • Edit /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf/sendmail-slackware.mc:
    • Add FEATURE(`no_default_msa')dnl to the FEATURE block
    • Add DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1,Name=MTA')dnl right before the MAILER lines
  • m4 /usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf/sendmail-slackware.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
  • Add something like
root:           user
user:           user@example.org
to /etc/mail/aliases; them run the command newaliases
    1. /etc/rc.d/rc.sendmail restart