Mail configuration on RHEL 5

Avadhut · 04-06-2009, 05:23 AM

Hello All,

I want to configure mail utlity on one of the RHEL 5 server.

Can somebody help me on this?

Thanks !!

Regards,
Avadhut

TB0ne · 04-06-2009, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Avadhut

Hello All,

I want to configure mail utlity on one of the RHEL 5 server.

Can somebody help me on this?

There are lots of tutorials on Google. You don't say whether you want sendmail or postfix.

Here's some regarding Sendmail, which is the more prevalent.
http://www.redhat.com/support/resour...WTO/book1.html

repo · 04-06-2009, 11:39 AM

Don't forget exim, for me the best :-)

kwiji · 04-06-2009, 12:57 PM

I would probably push you towards postfix since it's the other mail server that comes standard with RHEL5(if it's not on your system it should be on your install CDs/DVD). Also install the system-switch-mail utility to switch your MTA from sendmail to postfix. Then go into /etc/postfix/main.cf and configure away. The file is nicely commented and fairly intuitive. Two things that sendmail.cf is not so much

TB0ne · 04-06-2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kwiji

The file is nicely commented and fairly intuitive. Two things that sendmail.cf is not so much

THAT'S the truth....sendmail configuration is a dark-art....