On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 10:38:10AM +0900, マスターズ・イアン wrote: > On 2018/10/27 21:00, centos-request at centos.org wrote: > >I've previously configured sendmail to send system messages on selected > >servers running CentOS 6. Usually they just kinda' work out of the box. No > >problems to speak of. > > > >However most of my CentOS 7-servers are rather flakey when it comes to > >sendmail. Most of the time they just won't send mails for whatever reason. > >Further, most of the time I can get it working, it's usually about a > >firewall rule not set, the firewall not having been reloaded or some simple > >such. > > Another thing to try would be Postfix. I've always found that very easy to use and also requires almost no configuration: > https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=CentOS_7&p=mail&f=1 (on the same site, a lot of very useful CentOS7 info) > > Usually for local servers, all I do is: > 1. Add root alias in /etc/aliases > 2. Run 'newaliases' > 3. Send test mail: > echo "test from `hostname`" | mail -s 'mail test' me at address > > That's all. > > ian Probably not helpful, but I run a home mailserver, always used sendmail. Spent 15 years slowly accumulating a functioning sendmail.mc. When I bring up a new system I just carry over the sendmail.mc, compile it, restart sendmail and voila. EL7 was no different than EL6 in that regard. Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) -----------------------------