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32 lines
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<sect2>
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<title>Configuring <application>Sendmail</application></title>
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<sect3><title>Config files</title>
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<para><filename>/etc/mail/*</filename></para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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<screen><userinput><command>echo `hostname` > /etc/mail/local-host-names
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cat > /etc/mail/aliases << "EOF"
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postmaster: root
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MAILER-DAEMON: root
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EOF
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cp -R cf/* /etc/mail &&
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cp cf/cf/{submit,sendmail}.mc /etc/mail &&
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newaliases -v</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>To automate the running of Sendmail at startup, install <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail</filename>
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init script included in the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>make install-sendmail</command></userinput></screen>
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<note><para>The -qNm option to <command>sendmail</command>, where N is number of minutes, controls
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how often Sendmail will process the mail queue. A default of 5
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minutes is used in the init script. Individual workstation users may want to set
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this as low as 1 minute, large installations handling more mail will
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want to set it higher.</para></note>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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