Re: [LI] PCQ RH 5.2 & Sendmail

[Mannu Kalra <Mannu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Swapnil,

You do not need to put in much effort for a bare-bones Linux based SMTP/POP3
server. All you need to do is get hold of a linux cd... If you have that,
install it. Make sure that you install the sendmail and imap packages.


MANNU

Swapnil Jain wrote:

> Dear Manoj,
>
> I cant help you, but you can help me.
>
> I want to do the same setup for my organization. if have any documentation
> on configuring LINUX box as a pop3 mail server kindly send me. I'll be
> thankful to you.
>
> Regards
> Swapnil Jain
> Networking Engineer
> Automation System House
> swapnil@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:swapnil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of R Manoj
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 12:05 PM
> To: linux-india
> Subject: [LI] PCQ RH 5.2 & Sendmail
>
> Hi all,
> This is a follow up of one of my earlier posting for which i never got any
> replies. I am running RH 5.2 (PCQ March 99) as my mailserver with the
> default sendmail.cf that got installed ( Some customisation like Smart relay
> host & Masquerading was done).
>
> I have been reading some documentation on www.sendmail.org regarding some
> fine tuning i want to do but it has not helped . It would be helpfull if
> some one could send / point me a sendmail.mc file which was used for
> generating the sendmail.cf ( which came with PCQ march issue, coz i am
> trying to build up from there.) using m4 macro. I think i will have to add
> an entry
> define('SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS', 'A') in the sendmail.mc but i cant find the
> file.
> I was also not able to find any directory 'cf ' in my linux box which is
> refered in most of the docs i have been through. Any pointers would be
> helpful.
>
> the following is my earlier posting to the list.
> ****************************************************************************
> **********
> I have sendmail 8.8.7 on my mail server on a Linux RH5.2 box. I have a
> registered domain ' realdomain.com ' and it is a pop3 server where all the
> mails for our organization comes. I download and distribute it to various
> mailboxes setup in my local mailserver using fetchmail/sendmail/procmail
> combination. My local domain name is ' localdomain.com '. I dont have any
> problem recieving or sending mails out as i have set sendmail to masquerade
> outgoing mails as ' realdomain.com ' .
> My PROBLEM is for internal mails. For internal mails also the ' FROM '
> address gets masqueraded as 'user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ' instead of
> user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .This means that
> if they reply to the FROM address, the mails are unnecessarily pushed
> on to the internet. How can i overcome this (Prefferably at the MTA level).
> ****************************************************************************
> ******************
> Thanks a lot for u'r time,
> Manoj.
>
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