sendmail help needed!!!

[Ed Budd]

Hussain Umair wrote:
> hi all,
>    im tryin to get my bsd box to run as an email server on my local lan, 
> squid is already running perfectly on that but my lan clients cannot 
> retrieve their mails through pop or smtp...ive tried everything but im 
> getting nowhere my bsd box has an ip 192.168.1.125 and the other one is 
> a static given to me by my service provider ...now ive installed 
> sendmail and qpopper but nothing seems to be working for me...and my lan 
> users cannot recieve their mails from yahoo or hotmail on their outlook 
> express...so kindly if any one has ne ideas to help me out here id b 
> greatfull ...config's might help alot...thanks in advance...chao
> 
>

First, take a deep breath. Then pour yourself a strong cup of coffee (or 
whatever helps you stay lucid) and head over to http://www.sendmail.org 
and do some serious reading. Start with the FAQ and the "Email 
Explained" document so you understand the fundamentals and how the 
different parts are supposed to work. Do the same for Qpopper.

Expect to invest considerable effort (read: time) into learning this. 
Start by articulating precisely what you expect from your "mail server" 
then come back here and ask a *specific* question that those with more 
experience might be motivated to answer. Be prepared to provide details 
on steps you've taken to install and configure the appropriate 
components as well as specific error messages, contents of log files, 
etc. that seem pertinent to troubleshooting your problem (as *you* 
perceive it; hence the suggestion on "articulating expectations" above).

Remember: the quality of what you'll get back is (usually) directly 
proportional to what you put in...

EB