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This section concerns electronic mail servers or mail transfer agents (MTAs). | This section concerns electronic mail servers or mail transfer agents (MTAs). | ||
=== Sendmail === | === Sendmail === | ||
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By default, the Sendmail mail transport agent (MTA) does not accept network connections from any host other than the local computer. To configure Sendmail as a server for other clients: | By default, the Sendmail mail transport agent (MTA) does not accept network connections from any host other than the local computer. To configure Sendmail as a server for other clients: | ||
# Edit <code>/etc/mail/sendmail.mc</code> and either change the <code>DAEMON_OPTIONS</code> line to also listen on network devices, or comment out this option entirely using the <code>dnl</code> comment delimiter. | |||
# Install the <code>sendmail-cf</code> package: | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
yum install sendmail-cf | su -c 'yum install sendmail-cf' | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
# Regenerate <code>/etc/mail/sendmail.cf</code>: | |||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
make -C /etc/mail | su -c 'make -C /etc/mail' | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Revision as of 06:09, 11 October 2008
Mail Servers
This section concerns electronic mail servers or mail transfer agents (MTAs).
Sendmail
By default, the Sendmail mail transport agent (MTA) does not accept network connections from any host other than the local computer. To configure Sendmail as a server for other clients:
- Edit
/etc/mail/sendmail.mcand either change theDAEMON_OPTIONSline to also listen on network devices, or comment out this option entirely using thednlcomment delimiter. - Install the
sendmail-cfpackage:
su -c 'yum install sendmail-cf'
- Regenerate
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf:
su -c 'make -C /etc/mail'