Woah. Now thats the wrong way to go about it. Sendmail
is a career option by itself. If you really want to
dig into this, get the orielly books on sendmail and
dns, you'll need both to be running the right way. If
you want to get upto speed quickly, try this:
http://www.linux.com/learn/newsitem.phtml?sid=124&aid=12386
Arup
--- Tathagata Banerjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> well arup,
> i can tell you that i want to devote a LOT of time
> to
> my linux box. but if sendmail conf is strictly for
> geeks, then it may be beyond me. could you send me a
> sendmail conf file that will suit my purposes? or
> suggest an alternate method to get one? if this can
> speed up my mail sends, i am certainly willing to
> learn.
> thanks.
> - t.
>
> --- Arup Kanjilal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > mr. kanjilal, let me add in answer to your
> > corollary
> > > question that i don't
> > > have sendmail configged on my machine because
> it's
> > a
> > > standalone desktop pc,
> > > and i have always had the idea that such
> machines
> > > can have no use for
> > > sendmail. in fact, one of the first things i
> > always
> > > do when i install a new
> > > standalone system is uninstall sendmail and
> remove
> > > it from the startup
> > > scripts.
> >
> > Well hey its something we geeks used to do back in
> > the
> > olden days to prove our geekhood - use localhost
> for
> > an smtp server :)
> >
> > That way, never had to worry about temperamental
> ISP
> > smtp servers.
> >
> > Depends upon how much time you want to invest on
> > your
> > linux box I guess.
> >
> > Arup
> >
> > P.S. Call me Arup, not Mr. Kanjilal :)
> >
> >
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