> =>> Is there a good program out there that will make sendmail > =>configuration a bit easier? > =>> I have been trying to make some changes in the sendmail.cf file but I > =>can't make sence of all of that. > =>> -- Having trouble with setting the correct hostname and/or domain. > =>> Or if that doesn't work I would like to have it send my mail through > =>my ISPs smtp server becouse I have certain e-mail addresses that report > =>back to me: domain not found, and, domain is in blacklist -- Repoting > =>MTA; dns; sympatico.ca > => > => > =>I highly recommend Exim as a replacement for Sendmail. RH has an older > =>3.x version RPM lying about. The newer 4.x series is even better, but > =>RH doesn't have an RPM for it just yet. I hear Postfix is another > =>perfectly good alternative, although I haven't personally used it. > => > =>Sendmail is notorious for being difficult to configure. You could make > =>a career of it. Exim was so easy to set up, I did it in a day. It is > =>amazingly flexible, too. Check out www.exim.org. > => > =>Jim > As an alternative to switching *from* sendmail, I'd like to recommend > Craig Hunt's excellent book Linux Sendmail Administration. It's 99% > sendmail and on;y 1% linux (as it should be). But it's a readable > tutorial, compared to the Bat book which is strictly for reference. >
No, really, seriously, Exim is so much easier to configure than Sendmail. I mean, we are talking about a day or two for Exim, versus weeks, perhaps months, to learn Sendmail. Not kidding. No exaggeration. Especially if you are talking about deciding which one to learn from scratch. Sendmail is a very ancient program, in internet years. Exim and Postfix are both newer. Both are easier to configure, by a LOT; and, both are fundamentally more secure, because they were written AFTER major security flaws in Sendmail were discovered (I am sure most of them have been patched by now). That is actually why they were written, as I understand it. They are also both in production use, at many large, commercial organizations, as well as many smaller ones. And finally, they both run faster than Sendmail. I encourage you, in the strongest possible way, to use Exim or Postfix, in preference to Sendmail. But, hey, it's your time/money/computer. I'm just trying to be helpful, share lessons learned and all that. Best wishes, Jim _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
