Re: [SLE] where are outgoing mail-headers stored?
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 22:07:17 -0600
From: Gary
May I suggest using Postfix instead. For a very long time, I used sendmail (BSD distro), and it worked okay, but had some minor problems as you mentioned. It also was very slow at times, probably doing DNS lookups.
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D> All I want is to fix what is basically working, not to open up a brand new D> can of worms. There are no worms. Your sendmail is very complex as you know. You could have those headers in the /etc/sendmail.cf, aliases file, sendmail.conf file or /etc/hosts.conf. If you want to take the long route, go through every file using grep as such cat /etc/sendmail.cf | grep (the name your are.lookingfor) less to find out if it is in there (by using less at the end, you will see actually where it is. Then you will know what file it is in, in order to change it. Or open up the sendmail and alias files, and host.conf file using kedit (as root) and do a search in the entire file for the nameofyour.bad.address to change it. D> I have no idea whatsoever as to how to make Postfix the D> source of mail for Kmail, or how to set it up, or anything else. You do not have to setup anything, not a thing, there is no sourcing for Kmail or anything else. All it does it transport mail, using your real email address that you put in your mailer. Just put your email address in Kmail where it should go (preferences or something like that - I don't use Kmail, but it's there somewhere) ... D> I have a lot of the stuff that bugs everybody finally working. I D> would really not like to have to throw it all in the dumpster and D> try Mandrake again. Jeez, I can understand why people get fed up D> with Linux! If I ever get all of this working, I will _never_ D> upgrade! Either try the above grep to find where the mail tag is in the /etc sendmail.** files, or alias files, or host.conf or search in Kedit, if you absolutely cannot live without sendmail, OR in 2 minutes flat, you can uninstall sendmail, install postfix and never have a problem. They are on the SuSE distro, in RPM format. Can't get any easier. Yast installs it very nicely and automatically configures your rc.config file for Postfix to startup - then just reboot your box. That's it. 2 minutes, versus the hours you have already spent in obvious frustration. OF course, you could spend another 2 hours doing a fresh install of Mandrake. Geesch Now, I must get back to work. -- Best regards, Gary Today's thought: Never buy a car you can't push.
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:14:57 -0800
From: Ben Rosenberg
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 22:46:14 -0600
From: Gary
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