Setting up SMTP?

[James McKenzie]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am Mi, den 27.10.2004 schrieb James McKenzie um 3:05:
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>>>dnl #
>>>dnl # The following causes sendmail to only listen on the IPv4 loopback address
>>>dnl # 127.0.0.1 and not on any other network devices. Remove the loopback
>>>dnl # address restriction to accept email from the internet or intranet.
>>>dnl #
>>>DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
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>>Change this to:
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>>DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnl  (note the first character that 
>>appears to be a quote is a grave accent which is the unshifted tilde key)
>>After saving the file, type in:
>>make -C /etc/mail
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>>James McKenzie
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>Simply place a "dnl " in front of the DAEMON_OPTIONS line. This is what
>the comment above says.
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>Alexander
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Alex:

Does the dnl mean "Do Not Load"?  I thought you needed this line, but 
you don't need the address (Addr) parameter.  When we set up both linux 
and *NIX, we add this line to prevent being an open proxy.  I'm 
definately learning here.

James McKenzie