[Gllug] Sendmail + SuSE 7.3

Roger Whittaker roger at suse.co.uk
Thu Mar 14 14:15:09 UTC 2002


Try using postfix.

On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, it was written:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Yes, I'm running Linux again (many thanks to Dylan) but I've hit a snag.
> Attentive readers will have probably worked out that my email address is
> not kellyh@: yes, sendmail.
>
> I installed a couple of nights ago, but have spent all yesterday and a
> bit today trying to get my address right.
>
> I have put an entry in /etc/mail/genericstable that reads:
> kellyh		kellyh at clara.co.uk
>
> and then run
> makemap hash /etc/mail/genericstable < /etc/mail/genericstable
>
> I have chosen just about every combination that YaST will give me in the
> sendmail options.
>
> At the moment I have:
> FQHOSTNAME			linux.local
> FROM_HEADER			clara.co.uk
> SENDMAIL_DIALUP			yes
> SENDMAIL_EXPENSIVE		yes
> SENDMAIL_GENERICS_DOMAIN
> SENDMAIL_LOCALHOST		clara.co.uk
> SENDMAIL_NOCANONIFY		yes
> SENDMAIL_NODNS			no
> SENDMAIL_RELAY
> SENDMAIL_SMARTHOST		relay.clara.net
> SENDMAIL_TYPE			yes
> SETUPDUMMYDEV			yes
> SMTP				yes
>
> Like I say I've tried lots and lots of different combinations - but all
> I get is kellyh@ also SuSE had an article on their website telling me
> all I had to do was edit /etc/mail/genericstable, and then makemap...
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> Harvey
>
>

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