email daemon choices/help

[ynotssor]

"Joe" <sf...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.192de03c4...@sfo.news.speakeasy.net

[...]
> For what it's worth, I'd say Sendmail is right out - it's just too easy to
fuck up
> the config and screw yourself.

sendmail is configurable to meet almost any conceivable need. Most people
make the configuration far more complex than their needs dictate, and as a
result set themselves up for failure.

The only configuration customization that needs to be done for the average
user is to:

1) enable sendmail on network in addition to loopback interfaces, by
commenting the DAEMON_OPTIONS line (place a "dnl" at the beginning of the
line or simply deleting the line altogether):

dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')

2) enable hostname and/or domainname masquerading

MASQUERADE_AS(`your.domain')dnl or yourisp.domain if that's where you
receive your mail
FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl
FEATURE(allmasquerade)dnl

3) enable SMART_HOST to point to the ISP's MX if your ISP places
restrictions on customer smtp services running:

define(`SMART_HOST',`your.ispmailrelay.com.')dnl

4) deal with tcpwrappers restrictions in /etc/hosts.allow

sendmail: ALL

For over 98% of the people who are having sendmail problems in these Linux
newgroups, it's that simple. Some of the configuration files (*.mc) that
I've seen average people in many newsgroups use are so complicated as to be
utterly ridiculous for their needs, and their lack of understanding of what
they have in their configuration is responsible for the usually numerous
errors therein.

Invariably, paring down to the simple essentials and advising these people
to only include what they need solves the sendmail configuration problem for
them.

Hopefully the brief outline I've provided above will be found in the USENET
archives for future problem solving.

tony

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[Joe]

In article <3ec44...@corp.newsgroups.com>, "ynotssor" <"ynotssor">
says...

> For over 98% of the people who are having sendmail problems in these Linux
> newgroups, it's that simple.

Your definition of the word 'simple' differs from a great many people.

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[ynotssor]

"Joe" <sf...@spamcop.net> quoted and wrote in message
news:MPG.192dfbf15...@sfo.news.speakeasy.net

>> For over 98% of the people who are having sendmail problems in these
>> Linux newgroups, it's that simple.
>
> Your definition of the word 'simple' differs from a great many people.

I suppose you're right ... lots of people eat at McDonald's too, and call it
food.

[Frog]

ynotssor <"ynotssor">:
y> sendmail is configurable to meet almost any conceivable need. Most people
y> make the configuration far more complex than their needs dictate, and as a
y> result set themselves up for failure.
Have you configured 'qmail' lately? It might help you get a better
notion of "simple"?

[Jeroen Geilman]

ynotssor wrote:
>
> Hopefully the brief outline I've provided above will be found in the USENET
> archives for future problem solving.

Even better - I've saved it on my disk.
I have to agree with Joe, though: having once worked my way through the
sendmail book it's hard to see that that is all one would need.

J