HOW TO CONFIGURE SEND MAIL SERVER IN MAC OS

HOW TO CONFIGURE SEND MAIL SERVER

REQUIREMENT FOR SEND MAIL SERVER

1.) BIND SERVICE IS RUNNING
2.) SENDMAIL-CF-8.13.8-2.E.15
3.) M4-1.4.5-3 ELD5.1

(M4) IS A MACRO LANGUAGE WHICH WE USED TO TRANSFER CHANGES HAVE DONE IN THE SENDMAIL

(.MC) FILES TO SENDMAIL (.CF)

THEN EDIT IN THIS FILE

#vi /etc/mail/sendmail.mc

dnl# (at line no. 116.)

then save and exit the file.


#m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc> /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
#service sendmail restart




we use telnet to send mail

#telnet 192.168.1.100 25 ((25) is port no.)

helo 192.168.1.100 (to establish the connection)

mail from: root@station100 (sender's address)
rcpt TO: rahul (mailing address)

SETTING ALIAS NAME FOR MAIL SERVER

#vi /etc/aliases

fakename : realname
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