[CentOS] Sendmail not working

Sun Apr 19 18:36:32 UTC 2020
Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: S.Bob
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 2:27 PM
> 
> I have almost zero experience with sendmail.
> 

I know why I use sendmail, why are you not using postfix? Hint: I would switch if I could.

> 
> I'd be willing to pay someone to set this up for me, interested? KNow of
> someone?
> 
> 

Did you follow instructions in the other email?

> 
> 
> On 4/19/20 12:18 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> > Am 19.04.2020 um 18:28 schrieb S.Bob:
> >>
> >> I installed sendmail via yum, but if I test it like this:
> >>
> >>
> >> echo "Subject: sendmail test" | sendmail sbob at quadratum-braccas.com
> >>
> >>
> >> I get a local mail on the server with this every time:
> >
> > [  ... ]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > your provided sendmail.mc shows that you have done zero customization.
> > So please let me ask: do you have experience to setup and operate an
> > MTA and especially Sendmail?
> >
> > I am asking because that's not trivial and as you cannot judge about
> > the error you are getting implies that you lack essential information.
> > It is ok not to know how to run an MTA, but then you shouldn't.
> >
> > At least you should configure Sendmail as a null-client. Do as Jason
> > wrote and configure the SMART_HOST of your ISP. Take care for proper
> > `' as those appear wrong in Jason's post. And make sure that the
> > sendmail-cf package is installed so that the sendmail.cf can be
> > rebuild after sendmail.mc customizations.
> >
> > Alexander
> >
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