On Friday 25 May 2007, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 25 May 2007, zephod@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > So do I need to look at configuring sendmail? From what I've read on > > this list, that's not the easiest thing to do. > > Postfix.sendmail is easier to configure, though I've never done it for use > with a company network. Of course that means installing and configuring > postfix, but the config files are helpfully commented. > > Basically you have to write a transport map file that tells it what to do > with local traffic and what to do with external messages. On a home LAN it > would look something like > Correction (must keep fingers un-twisted :-) ) lydgate.lan smtp:[borg.lydgate.lan] .lydgate.lan smtp:[borg.lydgate.lan] * smtp:[smtp.mailbox.co.uk] > > That is, send local mail to the smtp server on the server box. Send > everything else to my ISP's smtp server. > > When you've discovered the names you need to put in there, you run 'postmap > transport', and you're away. > > Finally you have to tell the system to use postfix.sendmail instead of > sendmail. There's a small utility that helps here. I can't remember > exactly, but it's something like mail-agent-switcher. I'm sure someone > will give you the correct name. > > Anne
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