I have posted this one before (don't get mad), i am just trying to make it more clear so that i might be able to get more help, here is my case:
my box is running rh9, k 242. I just installed sendmail-8.12.8-9.90 and sendmail-cf-8.12.8-9.90.

All I wanted to do is that I will be able to use "sendmail <email>" and be able to send mails out. Ideally, i don't want people to be able to respond to my email. Note: I am NOT sending out spam.

1. What do I need to do???? <-- really need help on that one
2. Read some about sendmail, it's using (by default) procmail as it out going mail app, so if i only want to send out emails, do i only need to set up procmail??
3. Do i need to have a registered domain name?

thanks for any help!!!

assuming you have sendmail installed properly

go into "system settings" --> "server settings" --> "services"

make sure the tick box next to sendmail is ticked as this will cuase sendmail to load on startup. Then click start button (you will not have to do this again if check the tickbox)

now you can send mail. Start evolution or something set up an account and have the outgoing server set to sendmail.

and NO you do not need a domain name!

I did all that in services.

I don't want to use evaluation to send mail, i want to be able to do it via command line.

Haven't tried to connect with evaluation, good thought though. My evaluation is connected to my smtp server.

#man sendmail
first off

I haven't used RH with sendmail for a long time, but is that the cli command? It's not mail <mailaddy>?
#man mail

Also, I don't think that sendmail needs anything to send mail out, if you already have network connection. SMTP can send mail out and recieve mail. It's using remotely to recieve that will require more.


No, you shouldn't have to have a domain name, but unless you setup domain litterals, which I don't know how to do with sendmail, you won't be able to recieve mail. Meaning something like johnsmith@[you.ipd.num.ber].

I hope this helps, even if I haven't really used sendmail.

-j

He said he want to send mails and not to receive!
Why should he load sendmail on startup then? He does not need that! His system will automatically start sendmail when he sends a letter.
Having sendmail running continuously is an unnecessary security risk.
I would debate that. Most of the mail servers on the internet require that the sender has a real domain name! If he does not have a domain name, he will not be able to send mails to these servers, or he has to use an ISP's mail relay. But: if he uses an ISP's mail relay, he could setup his mail client to use that; so why should he bother himself with sendmail then?

ok did not know that it started automatically when sending mail

i am getting the error log saying the domain name doesn't exist ... it's not a resolvable domain name, that's the main problem. How can i get a resolvable name .... I edit the hosts file and put my real ip and a made-up domain name on there, doesn't seem to help.