Sendmail Help!

gboutwel · 05-24-2001, 11:31 AM

Ok. I've tried till I'm blue in the face and still haven't succeeded. I'm new to setting up sendmail. Never done it before now (never set-up SMTP mail on anything before.)

I have a 'dameon' user named duser. I want mail destined for mydomain.com that duser sends to have a from line of admin@mydomain.com, can some one please help!!!! I'm using Mandrake 8.0.

Thanks,

unSpawn · 05-24-2001, 12:06 PM

Locate /etc/sendmail.cf (thats the config)
Locate comment called "# Masquerading rules"
Now Im not sure how duser sends it mail (localhost or domain) so we better have em change both.
Add to look something like this:

# Masquerading rules
S1
Rduser<@localhost> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com>
Rduser<@localhost.> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com.>
Rduser<@mydomain.com> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com>
Rduser<@mydomain.com.> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com.>

Test.
HTH.

gboutwel · 05-24-2001, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by unSpawn
Locate /etc/sendmail.cf (thats the config)
Locate comment called "# Masquerading rules"
Now Im not sure how duser sends it mail (localhost or domain) so we better have em change both.
Add to look something like this:
# Masquerading rules
S1
Rduser<@localhost> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com>
Rduser<@localhost.> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com.>
Rduser<@mydomain.com> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com>
Rduser<@mydomain.com.> $@ admin < @ mydomain.com.>
Test.

While I wasn't able to find the comment line you mentioned or the S1 set of rules I was able to take the info you gave me and modify my sendmail.cf's SCanonify2 ruleset to turn duser into admin. Thank you very much. That was for work. I'll post another question (for home here in a bit)

Thanks,

Q25 · 05-24-2001, 10:47 PM

Got 1 name for you.. Postfix
URL: http://www.postfix.com/

It ownz Sendmail!

It took me 5 min to set it up (DL the RPM)
Think I changed 3-4 settings in the cfg file, which explained things quite nicely..

A test from the net showed no holes for spammers..
Nice and smooth program.

Also set up it's own postfix user to run the prg..
Almost as nice as installing a Windows app.

gboutwel · 05-25-2001, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Q25
Got 1 name for you.. Postfix
URL: http://www.postfix.com/

It ownz Sendmail!

It took me 5 min to set it up (DL the RPM)
Think I changed 3-4 settings in the cfg file, which explained things quite nicely..

A test from the net showed no holes for spammers..
Nice and smooth program.
Also set up it's own postfix user to run the prg..
Almost as nice as installing a Windows app.

Ok, then why can't if figure out how to get the damn thing to translate
user1 -> someotheruser@thisonedomain.com
user1 -> someotheruser@yahoo.com
user2 -> yetanotheruser@myisp.com
user2 -> stillotheruser@yahoo.com
and vice versa?

In other words, my wife and I have two e-mail addresses I'd like postfix to take mail 'written' using local mail tools, and re-address (the From) to the appropriate e-mail address.

Thanks,

[Edited by gboutwel on 05-25-2001 at 12:04 PM]

Q25 · 05-25-2001, 11:07 AM

I think this is what you're looking for?

http://www.postfix.com/faq.html#masquerade

gboutwel · 05-25-2001, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Q25
I think this is what you're looking for?

http://www.postfix.com/faq.html#masquerade

Maybe I miss read that URL, but it says it's intended only for mail gateways. This isn't a mail gateway... This is an single home machine with dial-up access to the internet...

Q25 · 05-25-2001, 11:41 AM

hmm.. maybe this can be used?
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/f...-FAQ/x133.html

It's also explained how to set it up for Dial-up elsewhere in that FAQ..

gboutwel · 05-25-2001, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Q25
hmm.. maybe this can be used?
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/f...-FAQ/x133.html

It's also explained how to set it up for Dial-up elsewhere in that FAQ..

I'll give it a look and make some attempts when I get home this evening. In case you haven't figured it out yet.. I have a linux box at work that I'm setting-up... it's using sendmail, and at home I've had Linux for quite sometime now, only never really set-up mail (always used netscape's mail program, or not done mail form Linux) I opted for postfix just to see what it was like/how to work with it.

Q25 · 05-25-2001, 12:03 PM

Haven't worked that much with Linux. So I only know about what I've come across while setting up 1 server with Inet conn. for 50 persons.. And I found Postfix to be much easier to setup than Sendmail... Have used Sendmail before, but now I changed it.. Mainly because Postfix should be more secure..

gboutwel · 05-25-2001, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Q25
Mainly because Postfix should be more secure..

This machine is sitting behind a proxy/firewall, so I'm not too worried about security, except to keep-up with the usuall security/program updates...