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From: dave@dms3b1.uucp (Dave Hanna)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Novice sendmail configuration questions
Summary: Where can I get better documentation?
Keywords: sendmail.cf pathalias
Message-ID: <1990Sep20.035159.13777@dms3b1.uucp>
Date: 20 Sep 90 03:51:59 GMT
Reply-To: dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna)
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Organization: Infotouch Systems, Inc., Dallas
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We have just established modem connections to the outside world
for our network of Sun SparcStations, and I'm having fits understanding
how to get the sendmail.cf file configured to behave the
way I want it.

I know the questions that I am going to ask are probably really
trivial to the readers of this group, so if someone can just
point me to better documentation, I'd appreciate it.  I've poured
over the the Sendmail chapter of the Sys Admin's guide  until
I'm blue in the face.

Configuration:  SparcStation 1 and a Solbourne, each running
SunOs 4.0.3c, connected by ethernet.  Assorted PC's hung on
the net as well, and soon to be a few IPC's.

Our domainname is "ataritx.atari.COM"  (We are one site within
Atari US Corp.)  First, is that domainname appropriate, and second,
what do we need to do to "register" it, or whatever, so that
other sites will recognize it and the mapping software won't 
complain.

Second, how do I keep the hostname of the individual host that is running
the modem connection from being recognized as the uucp name of our
system.  I.e.,  I want our system to be known as ataritx.atari.COM,
not dal2.UUCP.

Thirdly, how do I link pathalias files into the sendmail configuration
so that it will expand non-neighbor addresses properly.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

     Dave Hanna


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