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* [[/macros]] are used in various places | * [[/macros]] are used in various places | ||
* [[/procmail]]: still trying to figure out how to get these to work together | * [[/procmail]]: still trying to figure out how to get these to work together | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
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* [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds5/sendmail.htm IBM AIX]: not sure if this is standard sendmail | * [http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/pseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds5/sendmail.htm IBM AIX]: not sure if this is standard sendmail | ||
| + | * [https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/216687518-How-do-I-use-Sendmail- How do I use Sendmail?] | ||
===How To=== | ===How To=== | ||
Revision as of 23:14, 3 May 2018
About
Sendmail is a free/open-source email server that handles both relay and delivery. The documentation is very detailed but also unclear on many critical points.
Notes
- /features are invoked and configured in the sendmail.mc file
- /files: files used by sendmail
- /macros are used in various places
- /procmail: still trying to figure out how to get these to work together
- /SSL: configuring secure connections
Links
Reference
- home page redirects here
- Introduction (configuration)
- OSTYPE: documents a lot of config directives. Is "OSTYPE" a config-file section, or what?
- Features (configuration thereof)
- SMTP authorization
- Anti-Spam Configuration Control
- Wikipedia
- IBM AIX: not sure if this is standard sendmail
- How do I use Sendmail?
How To
- Linux Server How To - Configure Sendmail
- Linux Server How To - Filtering Spam on a Sendmail Mail Server: suggests installing SpamAssassin, but doesn't say how to get it working with sendmail
Notes
To enable sendmail to use STARTTLS, you need to: 1) Add this line to /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and optionally to /etc/mail/submit.mc: include(`/etc/mail/tls/starttls.m4')dnl 2) Run sendmailconfig 3) Restart sendmail