By far the easist thing to do is use the .mc files with sendmail and use
m4 to generate the cf file.
Here is my linux-generic.mc which is MUCH easier to understand than the
.cf. Also spend some time
at www.sendmail.org.
divert(-1)
#
# Copyright (c) 1998 Sendmail, Inc. All rights reserved.
# Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman. All rights reserved.
# Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
# The Regents of the University of California. All rights
reserved.
#
# By using this file, you agree to the terms and conditions set
# forth in the LICENSE file which can be found at the top level of
# the sendmail distribution.
#
#
#
# This is a generic configuration file for SunOS 5.x (a.k.a. Solaris
2.x)
# It has support for local and SMTP mail only. If you want to
# customize it, copy it to a name appropriate for your environment
# and do the modifications there.
#
divert(0)dnl
VERSIONID(`@(#)generic-linux.mc 8.8 (Berkeley) 5/19/98')
OSTYPE(linux)dnl
FEATURE(relay_entire_domain)dnl
FEATURE(local_procmail)dnl
FEATURE(access_db, hash -o /etc/mail/access)dnl
FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash /etc/mail/virtusertable')dnl
DOMAIN(generic)dnl
MAILER(local)dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl
Ralph Brown wrote:
>
> currently, i have apache 1.3.9 hosting my website. PacBell will be here on
> 2/16 to install DSL. I would like to configure a mail server (sendmail??) on
> the apache server. i have seen reading a lot about sendmail...and its tough
> to configure. also about mail in general. can someone send me a workiong
> version of sendmail?
>
> mail clients on Win98 stations use outlook express
> my mail client is KMail and outlook98
> both the apache server and my station run Caldera 2.3 & dualboot Win98
>
> the books i have read say that sendmail is the most popular MTA eventhough
> its difficult to configure. i just finished with a HOWTO on email admin and
> it doesn't offer much about sendmail or procmail. I suppose i need to
> configure IMAP rather than POP ??
>
> any advice please....
>
> thanks!
> Ralph Brown
>
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