Sound good. I think I'll take your advice, go the postfix route, and "read a fine manual".
It would be a lot easier if there was a template or sample sendmail.conf with decent descriptions of at least the most important variables. Heck, I've done it before, but the memory isn't so good these days ... I liken Unix/Linux help to American roadsigns - really useful if you already know where you're going ! The only reason I like graphical tools is that they usually have context sensitive help which describes the functionality of each parameter. It's usually sufficient reminder for me. julian. ======================================== At 03:24 PM 1/3/02 -0800, you wrote: >Hey Julian, > >Don't expect to use a graphical or menu driven tool to get the job done. >Unfortunately, there are very few really good graphical tools out there that >work well for linux. >Anyhow, if your going to use linux you should learn how to configure things >at the configuration file level. Even if the graphical tools were good, you >still need to be aware of how things work under the hood. You can find all >kinds of books and info on the web about sendmail, try www.sendmail.org. > >But I would recommend that you switch to postfix or qmail. I find postfix as >more reliable and easier to set up and maintain then sendmail. Check out >www.psotfix.org. Richard Blum's books Postfix or Running QMail from SAMS >publishing are a must have if your using either postfix and qmail. > >Hope this helps! > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Julian Opificius >Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 3:09 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: questions about named and sendmail > > >At 04:41 PM 1/3/02 -0600, you wrote: > >I'll second that - don't use linuxconf for sendmail. > > > >Just: > >FEATURE(`dnsbl', `relays.ordb.org', `Open spam relay - see > >http://ordb.org/')dnl > >in your .mc file and use m4 > >Sorry, I don't know what FEATURE is, and I don't know what m4 is. > >GO easy on me here - I'm a Linux newbie ! (Not a computer newbie or >progamming newbie, just Linux). > >julian. >============================= > >Chuck Mead wrote: > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Julian Opificius posted the following: > > > > > > JO>Well, top marks for a cryptic reply. > > > JO>Removing linuxconf wasn't quite what I had in mind. > > > JO> > > > JO>Now "rpm -e windows" seems like a much better idea ;-) > > > JO> > > > JO>Any other ideas? > > > > > > I was serious. Remove linuxconf and work with sendmail using m4 the way > > > sendmail's developers intended. It is insanely easy! If you continue to > > > muck around with linuxconf you will only prolong your pain. > > > > > > - -- > > > csm > > > Dmitry is free! > > > Boycott Adobe! > > > Repeal the DMCA! > > > Stop the SSSCA! > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAjw022MACgkQv6Gjsf2pQ0p9LQCeN5raUHBf6vgfdwTfvLuXUpjU > > > VCoAni0j9n7I9QbcDgfCI22B+YhcGvBs > > > =5x5Y > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Redhat-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >============================== >Julian A. Opificius. >802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. >Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 >============================== > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >_______________________________________________ >Redhat-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ============================== Julian A. Opificius. 802 Fawn Road, Elk River, MN 55330. Home: 763.441.1291, Cell: 763.360.5919 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 3268206 ============================== _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
