Subject: Re: sendmail help
From: Anthony Valentine (amv@akvalentine.com)
Date: Sun Apr 21 2002 - 11:46:11 AKDT
Hello Greg.
This may not be what you are looking for, but it may help you out.
I stopped using sendmail years ago. I find that it is too difficult to
configure and it's got a steep learning curve. I've moved to Postfix.
It is a drop in replacement for sendmail, it is fast, reliable, easy to
configure, and is designed with security in mind.
RedHat doesn't come with Postfix, though they have a HOWTO on installing
it, which is easy to follow and can have you up and running in a flash.
I've got Postfix running on my RH7.2 server and it works great.
Here are a few links that will help you out if you decide to go that
route.
RedHat Postfix HOWTO:
http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/RH-postfix-HOWTO/book1.html
RedHat Postfix FAQ:
http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/faqs/RH-postfix-FAQ/book1.html
Either way you go, I wish you luck!
Anthony
On Sun, 2002-04-21 at 11:02, gkvokov@ieee.org wrote:
> Hello all,
> I've asked some questions to the group previously about setting up sendmail.
> They were specific questions and I got some specific responses back, thanks
> for the help there. However, at the time I didn't have much time to work
> things out and now I'm in need of a mail server and still can't get the thing
> working. I can receive email just fine, but sending out email gets kicked back
> due to reverse lookup. I've tried all the suggestions you guys gave, plus many
> other things.
>
> I'm running RH7.2 with a GCI cable modem. The domain name is techalaska.com,
> static IP is 24.237.3.186, name servers are iliamna.gci.net and spurr.gci.net.
> Reverse lookup for 24.237.3.186 shows 186-3-237-24-cable.anchorageak.net. Both
> name and IP nslookups show server and server's address as localhost and
> 127.0.0.1 (problem here?). GCI handles mail through mail.techalaska.com.
>
> Does someone have a sample sendmail configuration file or m4 file,
> specifically setup to use GCI's cable modem, that they could share with me? It
> seems to me with so many cable modem and linux users that sendmail has been
> worked out to work in this situation.
>
> Thanks all,
> Frustrated Greg
>
>
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