SteveC wrote:
> > > It says that it could not run the program
> > > "sendmail". Is this a program that should have been installed. It is
> > It is on CD1 of your Mandrake 8.0 CD's. Install the rpm for sendmail.
> As far as i know, sendmail is for lan mail.....to send via an isp account
> click the button labeled smtp near sendmail in the network page of
> configuration and pop in the details of your isp.
Yes, that is its normal application. Sendmail, as well as any MTA like
Postfix, Exim, or Qmail, is much more powerful than just this one
application. The method you described is the normal solution for this
type of application, but if he wanted to, he could also be using a local
sendmail for it (although that could bring about its own set of
problems).
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