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Article #86Running Sendmail on System V Rel 4 ??
From: Sandy Bendremer
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 14:44
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 14:44
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We are running Consensys SVR4, and are changing over from the default AT&T
mail system to sendmail. Unfortunately, the documentation is not very
clear on the general configuration. We seem to be working OK, but we're
not sure why?? Some Questions:
1. Our systems still starts up with smtpd running in the background. In
this state, 'sendmail -bd' will not create a background process (it just
exits). If smtpd is killed, sendmail will run in the background! What is
the proper configuration??
2. Do we only need to worry about sendmail's configuration, or do some of
the other AT&T configuration files still have an effect??
3. Although mail (now /usr/ucb/binmail) works ok, it only generates
'Apparently-To:' addresses. Why? Should we be concerned about this?
4. AT&T's mailx only works on local addresses? Should we just forget
about this now that we're using sendmail? Elm our primary agent is OK.
5. Any general hints/comments on using sendmail on SVR4 are appreciated.
6. As long as you're reading this, can you tell us where to find detailed
sendmail documentation on the net??
If there is general interest, we will summarize the conversion process and our
experiences for the net community.
Thank you in advance,
Sandy
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.unix.sysv386 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!world!sandyb From: sandyb@world.std.com (Sandy Bendremer) Subject: Running Sendmail on System V Rel 4 ?? Message-ID: <BsKGyo.9G3@world.std.com> Summary: Proper way to run Sendmail on System 5 Rel 4 Keywords: sendmail, SVR4, consensys Organization: AnyWare Associates -- Boston, MA Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1992 14:44:47 GMT Lines: 37