Hi All,
I want to set up a sendmail server on Centos 5.2 Pc. This server should be able to send and receive mails outbound. i have purchased a domain name. can you help on this.
Hi,
not sure why you would like to use sendmail, I would much more prefer qmailtoaster if you are not to well know with the setup of mail servers QMT-ISO it is configured for Centos.
But here is some links that might help you out with the config of Sendmail:
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-centos-5.2-x86_64-p5 http://ocaoimh.ie/install-sendmail/ http://www.wikihow.com/Configure-Sendmail
Regards Per Qvindesland
On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Gopinath Achari wrote:
Hi All,
I want to set up a sendmail server on Centos 5.2 Pc. This servershould be able to send and receive mails outbound. i have purchased a domain name. can you help on this.
-- Regards, Gopinath M
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Gopinath Achari wrote on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:40:08 +0530:
I want to set up a sendmail server on Centos 5.2 Pc. This server should be able to send and receive mails outbound. i have purchased a domain name. can you help on this.
This list is really not for basic and OT stuff like this. Apart from that it appears you work for a company with lots of expertise in telecommunications: http://signal-networks.com/about_us.htm Apart from that there are *numerous* tutorials out there. That should be sufficient for your needs.
Kai
On Dec 16, 2008, at 3:10 AM, Gopinath Achari wrote:
Hi All,
I want to set up a sendmail server on Centos 5.2 Pc. This servershould be able to send and receive mails outbound. i have purchased a domain name. can you help on this.
The classic outline is here:
http://www.sendmail.org/tips/virtualHosting
Other things that you will want to do:
Make sure that your server uses a valid domain name in the HELO/EHLO.
Make sure that the valid domain name maps back to the IP address of your server.
Make sure that the PTR record for your IP address matches your valid domain name.
Otherwise you'll find that people will defer and/or reject your emails. If you cannot get your config set up like this, then you will probably want to relay your email via your upstream ISP's smarthost.
--Chris
The classic outline is here:
I found that page somewhat distressing as a first time user. Looks like they upgraded it to the right version (last year it was out of date and missing the whole generics file thing)
It will not help you much with some big problems of sending mail out with virt hosts, but maybe this post can clear up some of the issues you need to deal with, notes from my attempt. It covers most, but does not cover the adding of secure TLS with POP and SMTP...but most steps for a centos5 are in there. http://www.bobhoffman.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5#p8 (its my notes, so go through it carefully and you should have a complete system set up within about 10 minutes)
It includes the little known thing that allows mail sent from a virtual host to make it actually show up in the 'received from' as coming from that host name and not the server or computer name.
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