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|description=This test case tests if the default MTA Sendmail is enabled by default and able to send emails. | |description=This test case tests if the default MTA Sendmail is enabled by default and able to send emails. | ||
{{admon/note | Default MTA? | The current default MTA is Sendmail but this may change in the future see: [[Features/NoMTA]].}} | |||
|setup= | |setup= | ||
# Ensure that {{package|sendmail}} package is installed. | # Ensure that {{package|sendmail}} package is installed. | ||
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<li> Install '''mail''' utility: {{command|yum install mailx}}</li> | <li> Install '''mail''' utility: {{command|yum install mailx}}</li> | ||
<li> Try to send email to root user: | <li> Try to send email to root user: | ||
{{admon/tip | Ending the Message | EOT is inserted into the terminal after ending the message with ctrl+D}} | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
# mail root@localhost | # mail root@localhost | ||
Latest revision as of 23:07, 2 August 2011
Description
This test case tests if the default MTA Sendmail is enabled by default and able to send emails.
Default MTA?
The current default MTA is Sendmail but this may change in the future see: Features/NoMTA.
The current default MTA is Sendmail but this may change in the future see: Features/NoMTA.
Setup
- Ensure that
sendmail - Ensure that other MTAs like:
How to test
- Switch to root user:
su - - Check if sendmail service is running and enabled at boot:
systemctl status sendmail.service - Install mail utility:
yum install mailx - Try to send email to root user:
Ending the Message
EOT is inserted into the terminal after ending the message with ctrl+D# mail root@localhost Subject: test test EOT
- Check if root has received the test email:
mail - Sendmail must be running and active at boot, the output of
systemctlshould be like:# systemctl status sendmail.service sendmail.service - LSB: start and stop sendmail Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail) Active: active (running) since Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:39:41 +0100; 10s ago Process: 3244 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 3257 (sendmail) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/sendmail.service ├ 3257 sendmail: accepting connections └ 3266 sendmail: Queue runner@01:00:00 for /var/spool/cli...
- root user should receive the test email and the output of
mailshould be like:# mail Heirloom Mail version 12.5 7/5/10. Type ? for help. "/var/spool/mail/root": 1 message 1 new >N 1 root Sat Jul 2 12:46 20/766 "test" &
