Hi Rose and Joseph, FIrst of all, yes, this is the unix Sendmail command. You'd probably get a better and more complete answer to this from the mac-access list, where there's been more discussion about various kinds of Terminal usage, and Travis Siegel, in particular, has posted about set up configurations for Terminal. I'm not sure what you want to do, but if you want to get a mail system up and running, you might take a look at the web pages of Cutedge Systems:
http://www.cutedgesystems.com/ Some background: this developer's software is aimed at users who have Mac minis that they use for small businesses. That is, people who want to take advantage of the server functions built into their computers, but without necessarily spending a great deal of time acquiring the technical background to run these processes. Their MailServe package is $25, for example, and you might want to take a look at the linked owner's manual for step by step instructions on setting one up. I originally found this in a web search for a source of information on Domain Name Server configuration that could be used for the mac-access list's server transition from Windows to Macs a few years ago. (This was because some of the server version tools weren't completely ready at the time, and the person doing the work did not have a linux/unix background to draw upon). So these tools are not meant to be used if you are, for example, running mail servers for a living, and really need to keep up with network security, but they can probably get a basic system up if you're starting from scratch and need to get a working system without huge expenditure of cash and time. Please note that I do not use these products myself (nor have I ever had a Mini or other desktop Mac), so this assessment is based upon reading the Versiontracker reviews of products like "DNS Enabler" from a few years back. Rose, I'll send you a PDF version of the mail man page offlist. You can configure your bash shell in Terminal to print out a PostScript version of the man page that the operating system will convert to PDF. (This is described in the "Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal" guide, I believe, if you bought this through the arrangement on the mac-access list.) Joseph, probably the best quick summary of the differences between Mac and linux is the old O'Reilly page on "Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks": http://macdevcenter.com/lpt/a/2792 Some things, as they note, have changed, such as the use of crontab being superseded by launchd quite some time ago. For more detailed coverage, you can find the O'Reilly book, "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks (Leopard)" by Ernest E. Rothman, Brian Jepson, and Rick Rothman on Bookshare. (That's the latest edition; there have been several queries to the publisher about whether there will be a Snow Leopard version, but one hasn't come out, and we're soon to move up to Lion.) If you're interested in joining the Mac-Access list, see their web site: http://www.mac-access.net/ and look under the links describing their E-mail forums pages. (I think this is the first time I've used their new domain address.) HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 10, 2011, at 05:57, Rose Morales wrote: > Joseph, > According to this article, it would appear that Sendmail is part of OS X. > Unfortunately, this article is completely irrelevant for what I want to know. > I'm looking for a tutorial on using Sendmail via the Mac. I suppose I can > just dig up a Unix one and mess around with it if I can't find a Mac one. At > any rate here's the article I was looking at. > > http://oreilly.com/pub/ct/51 > > I'll try and see if I can dig up some more info later, as I'm interested in > this subject due to my own curiosities. > Regards, > Rose > On Mar 10, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Joseph Norton wrote: > >> Hi list: >> >> I'm sorry to be such a bother, but, I am curious about something. >> >> I found the terminal window and was playing around in there. Just for the >> heck of it, I typed "mail" and got the what looked like the standard Unix >> mail program. >> >> I tried sending a message, but, of course, it didn't work. >> >> I did get a message back from mailer-daemon. >> >> Does this mean I've got sendmail on here? >> >> Could I set up a domain and use this thing as a small server? >> >> Haven't tried any other terminal stuff yet. Makes me wonder what else if >> hidden in each Mac that many of their users don't know a thing about. >> >> Take care! >> >> Sent from my Mac Mini, currently running headless.. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
