hi ya michael
i gave up on any/all pre-packaged sendmail-*.deb if you download/install the latest from sendmail.org or exim.org or postix.or getc.. you should be able to get sendmail working out of the box cd /usr/local/src tar zxvfp sendmail-*.tgz cd sendmail-* sh Build sh Build install cd cd/cf cp generic-linux.cf config.cf sh Build config.cf cp config.mc /etc/mail/sendmail.mc cp config.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf - stop and start sendmail - edit /etc/mail/acess && make - and you're sending and receiving emails ( add your domains to /etc/mail/local-host-names sendmail and most mta will NOT work w/o a properly configigured /etc/mail/access and a list of domains that mta is to receive incoming emails for pre-packaged sendmail-*.deb is a bad package w/ lot-o-holes ( not worth the effort -- but a fresh/clean copy of sendmail is usable in 5 minutes the sendmail.gwif.html page is a step-by-step instructions on how to get sendmail working, apply some rbl rules and apply some message/subject header checking to reject more spams c ya alvin On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Michael Olds wrote: > Alvin, > > Thank you for this response. > First problem is: I do not have an /etc/mail/sendmail.cw file (I do have a > local-host-names file with no extension); and I do not have an > /etc/mail/access file or an /etc/mail/sendmail.cw file > > For these I think the problem is as is stated in the mail just previous to > this: sendmailconfig cannot find /usr/share/sendmail/cf/mailer/.m4 because > it isn't there. > > I checked out the site you recommended this morning, and read a few things, > but it seems more directed towards securing a running system than getting a > system running to begin with...or did I miss a link? > ... > to receive email > cd /etc/mail > ln -s local-host-names sendmail.cw > - be sure your domain is listed in the file > make > sendmail - stop/start > > for popping email stuff... > - make sure you can "telnet localhost 110" > - than you should use secure pop3 instead of port 110 > http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/secure_pop3.txt > > sendmail howto > http://www.Linux-Sec.net/Mail/sendmail.gwif.html > > c ya > alvin > > /etc/mail/access > # > # list of domains/ip# this mschine will be relaying emails > # > foo.com > # > # tou local lan > 192.168.0.0 > # > # > > /etc/sendmail.cw and/or /etc/mail/sendmail.cw > # > # list of domains tyhis machine will be receiving emails > # > foo.com > www.foo.com > # > > > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Michael Olds wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > First, thanks to all who responded with suggestions. I'm still working on > > Sendmail. I have it working half way following Oliver's suggestions ...I > can > > send, but I am not receiving anything, either locally or over the > Internet. > > I figure it can be the settings at my DNS server, the router's firewall > > (don't think so), a sendmail configuration I'm missing...(?, I have SMTP > and > > local, so it must be one of the exotic ones set up by Debian), or I just > > don't have my Kmail mail client set up right (ashamed to say it, I can > > configure Windows Outlook accounts, but I have no idea what I should be > > telling the Linux machine about loading mail to local/remote users). > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]