sendmail over simple network
 

Hi

I have two computers set up. one as a linux server the other
as a linux workstation. My problem is with sendmail. when i ping
the computers there is clearly a connection. i edited the
sendmail.mc file on the server machine. i changed entry below

DAEMON OPTIONS (`Port=smtp, Addr=192.168.0.1, Name=MTA)

to

dnl DAEMON OPTIONS (`Port=smtp, Addr=192.168.0.1,
Name=MTA)

then on the command terminal i entered

m4 /etc/mail/sedmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf

now i have users A and B on the server. sending mail to each other works fine. but when i try to send mail from user C on the
workstation to user A on the server the email fails to go through
and vice-versa.

Q.1 DO i need to configure sendmail on the workstation.

Q.2. on the server the following files below what information
do they need and will i need to replicate this on the
workstation.

local-host-names
virtusertable
mailertable
domaintable
access

Any suggestions please before i seek help with a sendmail book
any good one please recommend.

rgds.....clk777

need to setup local-host-names to your domain
need to have your domain resolvable (/etc/hosts or dns)
then check your log files (/var/log/maillog) to see what sendmail is saying about email
It should be quite easy
try putting computer names into your /etc/hosts like
192.168.0.1 rh1
192.168.0.2 rh2
and then you can just mail
a@rh1
or b@rh2 ..