Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 06:23:12 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> To: Gene@Bomgardner.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Cookbook for Sendmail Config? Message-ID: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A038@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <3B6A6AA8.16142.56BA407@localhost>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Gene Bomgardner [mailto:glb@brightstar.ath.cx] > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 6:11 AM > To: Drew Tomlinson > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Cookbook for Sendmail Config? > > > > > On 3 Aug 2001, at 5:49, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > > > Keeping in mind that I have *never* worked with Sendmail before, are > > there any links you would recommend for instructing me how to setup > > Sendmail? There are two things I want to accomplish. > > > > In phase one, I want to relay all mail from my local > network and allow > > relay from the Internet if the proper username and password is > > presented. > > Relay from the internet? Do you mean receiving from the Net only > mail destined for the local network? If so, then password protection > would prevent receipt of mail from all but those Internet sites that > know the password. That's a bad thing. If you mean relay from the > Internet _TO_ the Internet, hope no one gets hold of the password. > Could result in a real spammer feeding frenzy. I mean from the Internet _TO_ the Internet. However I would reduce the risk of spam by setting filters on my firewall to only allow relay from certain IP ranges (i.e. from my work). > > Is this possible? Is this very difficult? > > I'm not sure about "possible" but my experience with Sendmail is > that just about everything is difficult until you get the > hang setting > up the conf file. Even then .... > > > > Once phase one is working, I want to install POP3 software so that > > clients can pick up their mail. I'm guessing that I have to tell > > Sendmail to forward received mail to the POP3 and then get the POP3 > > configured to receive the mail and make it available for clients? > > I found that by using the Sendmail package supplied with > FreeBSD, the sendmail.cf file was already sufficient to my needs. > All I really needed to do was add a line so it would accept mail for > a second domain. I then added a pop3 package (Qpopper was > really easy to set up) and Voila, success. Thanks for the info on Qpopper. I'll look into that when I get to phase 2. > If you really want to get into Sendmail, I found O'Reilly's > "Sendmail" > book to be excellent. At this point, I only want to "get into it" as much as is necessary to accomplish what I want. Later, I would work on expanding my understanding of Sendmail. The main reason why I want to know Sendmail is that I try to do as much as I can with the base tools. This way my skills are very portable. > > Thank you for your assistance. "Cookbook" or "newbie" > links would be > > most appreciated. > > > There is the www.sendmail.org site. They have some excellent > resources there for newbies and experienced alike. I'll look there. Thanks for your help! Drew > Best of luck... > Gene > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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