You might want to try Qmail instead of sendmail.  It is supposed to be more
secure and easier to configure.

> I am kind of new to linux. Though I have been using Linux on my laptop for
> some time for developing Java Applications, I never had a chance to
> configure a mailserver on Linux box.
> 
> I want to set up a mail server at home. My understanding is to configure
> sendmail first and second install POP3 server like qpopper.
> 
> When I try to set up sendmail on SuSE Linux 7.1, the SuSE handbook says to
> update rc.config for the following variables
> SENDMAIL_TYPE, SENDMAIL_HOST, SENDMAIL_SMARTHOST........, which I don't
> see'em in rc.config.
> 
> Does anybody know of any on-line step-by-step instruction on configuring
> sendmail on SuSE7.1 with YaST1 or any other good source you think that I can
> benefit from.I did download sendmail. But, instruction that came with it
> were dispersed and daunting.
> 
> Note: Is there any other product easier than this, commercially or
> non-commercially?