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Started by Matt Brandt
Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:53
Sendmail config
Author: Matt Brandt
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:53
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:53
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Has anyone else had the problems I've had getting sendmail to do the right thing? My situation is that I have a stand-alone station which is part of a domain (mese.com) fed by a uucp link from my domain entry point (indigo.mese.com). The problems are numerous: namely: sendmail wants all uucp paths to contain a !. This includes the return paths (?). It took a lot of munging on the sendmail.cf file to get it to pass a From: xxx <name@drefla.mese.com> line. The bloomin mailhost.sendmail.cf file even expects all known machines with @ paths to exist on the ethernet! Several rule modifications later I finally got there but what a pain. Is there an easier way to do this (maybe with netinfo)? I can't believe that NeXT overlooked what may well be one of the most common configurations out there. What are your experiences with sendmail? Matt
Re: Sendmail config
Author: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 20:50
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 20:50
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In article <1992Nov21.055303.663@drefla.mese.com> matt@drefla.mese.com (Matt Brandt) writes: > Has anyone else had the problems I've had getting sendmail to do the > right thing? Good lord yes! We ended up using a sendmail.cf from PSI altough we still have a few problems with it. We hired a UNIX expert that helped some. I ended up buying several books to learn how rulesets worked, etc. What a pain. I'd say I've dumped several weeks and several hundred dollars into this. And it STILL doesn't work 100% right! > Is there an easier way to do this (maybe with netinfo)? I can't believe > that NeXT overlooked what may well be one of the most common > configurations out there. > Ditto. This has to be one of the largest voodoo aspects of UNIX. I'm amazed that no one has come up with something better. The difficulty is the number and variety of problems being addressed by the scheme. There are a few software packages available (one came bundled with Neuron modems - the reason we made *that* purchase) but they are very simplistic and only handle simple connections to one or two Internet access providers. > What are your experiences with sendmail? > Unpleasant and expensive. For being a virtual necessity to a member of this community it's crazy how complicated and unknown this area is. Gordon -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Van Huizen vox: 619.488.9411 fax: 619.488.3045 Metrosoft gvh@metrosoft.com [NeXTmail welcome] ----------------------------------------------------------------
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