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Project #11 (second part)
Configure sendmail to accept email messages to group members at "user"@team4.nesser.com"
  1. need to start ipop3
    change "disable" line in /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 to no
    "service xinetd restart"
  2. edit "/etc/mail/local-host-names" to add
    team4.nesser.com
  3. edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc to add "dnl" (comment out) to the beginning of the line
    dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')
  4. edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc to add "dnl" (comment out) to the beginning of the line
    dnl FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl
  5. create sendmail.cf file
    m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
  6. mv /etc/sendmail.cf to /etc/sendmail_orig.cf
  7. create a link in /etc to /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
    ln -s /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/sendmail.cf
  8. restart mail daemon
    service sendmail restart
  9. TEST by sending mail from outside domain to root@team4.nesser.com