Help with setting up a mail server

[krad]

On 23 July 2010 10:12, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Jerry <freebsd.user at seibercom.net> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:28:00 +0300
> > Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> articulated:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Jerry <freebsd.user at seibercom.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:32:36 +0100
> > > > krad <kraduk at googlemail.com> articulated:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > yep I know exim is sendmail cli compatible, but the output from
> > sendmail
> > > > is
> > > > > not the same on exim (interactive prompt). You can probably get
> > similar
> > > > > output from sendmail, but with most things sendmail it is archaic
> and
> > > > > obfuscated.
> > > >
> > > > With Postfix installed, using "sendmail -bv" works quite well.
> > > >
> > >
> > > With Postfix installed and configured or just installed? I just
> > installed.
> > >
> > > [wash at mail ~]$ ls -al /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> > > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  202361 Jul 22 17:23 /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> > > [wash at mail ~]$ /usr/local/sbin/sendmail -bv odhiambo at gmail.com
> > > postdrop: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or
> > > directory
> > > Mail Delivery Status Report will be mailed to <wash>.
> > >
> > > [wash at mail ~]$ /usr/local/sbin/sendmail -d -bv odhiambo at gmail.com
> > > sendmail: illegal option -- d
> > > sendmail: illegal option -- d
> > > sendmail: fatal: usage: sendmail [options]
> > >
> > > [wash at mail ~]$ exim -bt odhiambo at gmail.com
> > > odhiambo at gmail.com
> > >   router = dnslookup, transport = remote_smtp
> > >   host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com      [209.85.227.27] MX=5
> > >   host alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [74.125.39.27]  MX=10
> > >   host alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [74.125.53.27]  MX=20
> > >   host alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [74.125.95.27]  MX=30
> > >   host alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com [74.125.65.27]  MX=40
> > >
> > > I cannot post the output that comes with -d here, it's so much that
> > trying
> > > to feed the trawl will get it chocked:-)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > For starters, you are using the wrong sendmail. You need to use the
> > Postfix 'sendmail' version.
> >
> > $ which sendmail
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail
> >
> > I have Postfix installed and running. Sorry, I thought that was obvious.
> >
> > Typing: "man sendmail" should show this at the top of the page:
> >
> > "NAME   sendmail - Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface"
> >
> > If not, then something is configured incorrectly. By the way, in order
> > to run Postfix, you have to completely shutdown the base system's
> > 'sendmail'
> >
> > cat /etc/rc.conf
> >
> > # Shutdown sendmail
> > sendmail_enable="NO"
> > sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
> > sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
> > sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
> >
> > #Start Postfix
> > postfix_enable="YES"
> >
> >
> Looks like you are trying to coax me into running Postfix! I am an Exim-er
> by blood :-)
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254733744121/+254722743223
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