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saintpretz59
12-26-2007, 08:32 PM
Hey, does anyone know how to use UNIX's sendmail command?
I'm having trouble finding any material about how it is used. I don't even really understand the man file.
Do I need to configure anything?
Does is send mail *as* any particular email address, or can I really just say that I'm, say, president@whitehouse.gov?
Can someone please help me understand this?
Thanks, Jason
drhowarddrfine
12-27-2007, 11:01 AM
It's been a while since I set up sendmail. You say Unix but is it Unix or FreeBSD or Linux?
sendmail docs (http://sendmail.org/doc/)
FreeBSD Handbook - sendmail config (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sendmail.html)
saintpretz59
12-27-2007, 11:25 AM
Pretty sure it's just plain unix. Mac OS X Terminal. I'm almost positive that's UNIX. Thanks for the advice.
drhowarddrfine
12-27-2007, 09:03 PM
OSX is a melding of FreeBSD and Mach so it's Unix-like but not strictly Unix. Many of the same things work in OSX but that's not my area of expertise.
Doesn't sound like you have good intentions in using Sendmail. What exactly are you wanting to do with it?
saintpretz59
01-05-2008, 11:03 AM
haha i'm not going for presidential impersonation or anything :).
I just used it as a really absurd example. I want to use sendmail as part of a cgi program. Do i need to send up my own mail server, or can i use an email address that i already have.
Im really confused about everything.
I guess my question is:
HOW DO I SET UP A MAIL SERVER (hopefully to be accessed by unix's sendmail).
Is that easier to understand? Does it at least sound less malicious :).
I promise, i'm not about to go scam someone.
Besides, if i impersonated the president, no one would <i>ever</i> give me money!
Thanks All