At 02:45 11/26/2003, you wrote:
I'm trying to set up sendmail so I can receive e-mail directly,
in
addition to using my isp supplied e-mail.
My biggest concern is that I don't want people on the internet to be
able to use my smtp server as a means to send mail to people with the
result making it look like it me... I think that's called "relaying"...
No books necessary. My apologies for taking so long to respond, and I've
seen that others responded earlier so hopefully this is still useful to
you. I have written instructions for how to configure sendmail to accept
mail from the outside and protect you from unauthorized relaying. I believe
those instructions are pretty complete and pretty accurate, and about 200
people a month read them (given October and November stats):
http://www.simpaticus.com/linux/sendmail-smtp-auth-howto.html
Please let me know if you find those useful, and if there is anything else
you would like them to include. I am already working on the next revision,
which will show in a little more detail the difference between steps in
various operating systems, and also how to setup a POP3/IMAP server package
so that people can check mail as well. Note that checking mail is a
ridiculously easy thing, but some people still ask that it specifically be
included.
Feedback, comments, suggestions, questions... all welcome.
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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz(a)simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com