Configuring sendmail on SuSE Linux 7.1

I found qmail to be difficult to configure and I've heard the same report
from others. SendMail is the standard however I think most would say it is
difficult to configure and maintain.

I've heard that http://www.postfix.com/ is a good MTA. There is a tutorial
on http://www.mandrakecampus.com/ that will explain it. I have not tried to
install PostFix as of yet, but plan to soon.

I'm sure there are those who are more experienced that can shed some light
on this issue.

Keith Smith


----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Brown <kevin_brown@qwest.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: Configuring sendmail on SuSE Linux 7.1


> 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?
>
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