I heartily agree. Remove Sendmail and install Postfix. There are a multitude of newbie level documents on running Postfix and it works better to boot.
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:00:49 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry folks, but I googled this forever and never found a howto basic > > enough for my newbieness. I've never setup a mail server before, and have > > given up on trying to install QMail (If you have any tips, let me know) on > > my Mandrake 9.2 server. So I've installed Sendmail, and am now stuck as > > how to configure it. Webmin recognizes that it exists. I gather from the > > howtos that I've found that I have to set up a MX record or something or > > other... but I haven't found anything to as what this is or how the heck > > to set one up. > > Any help? > > Thanx, > > SigmaChi > > > > > > > You may want to reconsider this, and use Postfix instead of Sendmail You > can configure it by editing text files, instead of having to use m4 to > create a configuration file for Sendmail. As far as setting up an MX > record, this is only something you need to worry about if you have your > own domain name, and are getting your mail directly from the Internet, > instead of getting them though a your ISP's mail server. > > Mikkel > > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________ > > > -- David Johnson http://www.edave.org
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