Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:16:54 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestion For Handbook Addition Regarding sendmail Message-ID: <4915BB76.3020606@mykitchentable.net>
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I hope this is the right list. If not, please nudge me appropriately. :) I've been using FreeBSD since 4.0 but never learned anything about Sendmail. It seemed very complicated and therefore I chose Postfix for my little home servers. I have never looked back. However I recently installed FreeBSD at work for an application that was not supported on Solaris. The only mail function this machine requires is the ability to send outbound mail from local accounts, i.e. "root". Thus installing postfix seemed overkill. Since the default install of sendmail is already limited to outbound only, I just needed to configure sendmail send via an outbound relay. For such a seemingly common scenario, I turned to the Handbook. I was a little disappointed that section 29.3 did not cover this and found the information in /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README confusing. I knew I was looking for some *.mc file to edit somehow and then generate the sendmail.cf some way. I suppose that for most *nix admins, this is considered common knowledge. However for a newbie, I was confused. My "Google-fu" turned up lots of links that suggested sendmail be configured to relay via one's ISP relay but no specific instructions on how to achieve this. Finally, I found this FAQ (http://www.technoids.org/freebsdsendmailfaqs.html) to be very helpful for learning how to make a sendmail.cf file the FreeBSD way. If it does break any copyright laws, including this info in the Handbook would help other newbies. Thanks, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com
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