But if you still want to install sendmail download a perl script from freshmeat.net called install-sendmail.Install-Sendmail will configure Sendmail and Fetchmail on your machine. That Perl script can be used to setup a mail server for a simple network or it can configure email on a dial up machine. All you need to know is your email address, login name and password and optionally, the IP addresses of your network.
Good luck. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Brosemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jay Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:18 PM Subject: Re: Sendmail Config Try using a simpler mail transfer agent such as exim. Sendmail is really for big sites that need a lot of configurability. You really don't need all that configurability or complexity. Other users will tell you to use qmail, postfix, or smail, I'm sure. These are all equally viable solutions. Exim is just my preference for simple sites. as root type: #apt-get --purge remove sendmail exim+ The exim configuration script will ask you questions, answer: 1 (accept the default) localhost none .....
