How to send mail outside

[babeo]

Hi

I have a question:
- Once the unix box is set up and connected on LAN, is it possible to send email to another user? or do I have to set up to be able to send email outside?
- If it is so, how do I set up to send mail outside?
Thanks.

 

[lfoata]

Look at sendmail. Too much stuff to explain here.

 

[macuser]

# ps -ef | grep sendmail

if sendmail is running, check sendmail.cf and look for
DS=yourmailer@domain.com

This is your relay mail server if you using a relay to send mail else leave it empty for direct sending.

# echo "test" | /usr/lib/sendmail -v id@domain.com

You will see something like this...

220-
220- Unsolicited bulk e-mail is not allowed to transmit,
220- or distribute from our computers and networks.
220-
220 All activities to our networks is now being captured and logged.
>>> EHLO mac.domain.com
250-apple.domain.com Hello mac.domain.com
[x.x.x.x], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 4000000
250-DSN
250-ONEX
250-XUSR
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
250 HELP


Goodluck

 

[NavinB]

Hi,
U can send a mail to outside user if u do the following configuration changes on your server....
1)vi /etc/defaultdomain(Enter the domainname of your place)
2)then give the command -- domainname <name of domain>
2)vi /etc/mail/sendmail.cf(Search for mailhost entry and hash out that line eg
# &quot;Smart&quot; relay host (may be null)
#DSmailhost.$m
Instead of this entry enter the name of your exchangeserver entry as 'DS<exchangeserver>.<name of domain>'
Then restart the sendmail service as
/etc/init.d/sendmail stop
/etc/init.d/sendmail start

Then try to send mail to your outside user....

I hope this helps....

 

[cfsalmeida]

Check this:

http://www.kempston.net/solaris/mail.html

Regards,

Carlos Almeida,

 

[babeo]

Thanks all

I am overwhelm with the information that really help me. And I really that there are too many things to complete. So I will try to go through all these information and will come back here to let everybody know how it works for me.

Thanks again.

 

[sharadmarathe]

Hi

The workout I did after installating Solaris 8 was:

1. /etc/init.d/sendmail stop

2. Copied /etc/mail/sendmail.cf as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.orig

3. Copied /etc/mail/main.cf as /etc/mail/sendmail.cf

4. Created entry of mailhost in /etc/hosts file
Eg. 1.1.1.1 hostname mailhost

5. /etc/init.d/sendmail start

6. Tested the mail with command:
mailx -s &quot;subject&quot; xyz@abc.com < filename

Hope it helps

Thanks

Sharad