Re: Sendmail

["Gregory P. Ennis" <PoMec PoMec Net>]

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 21:59 -0400, William M. Quarles wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to set up Sendmail for the first time, and I don't really 
> know what I am doing beyond the man file and some stuff on their 
> website.  I modified the configuration file and I'm supposed to do this 
> (followed by the message that I received):
> 
> [root physstud root]# m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
> /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:8: m4: Cannot open 
> /usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4: No such file or directory
> 
> I don't know how to make an m4 file.  Could somebody give me a hand?
> 
> Thanks,
> William
> 

William,

sendmail is a great module, but it takes more than forever to understand
all of it, and a long time to understand enough to make a simple set up
work.  I would strongly reccommned the 'bat' book by O'Rielly.  There is
also a 'sendmail cookbook' by O'Rielly that I have found very useful.  

Best advice I can give is "Don't Give up, and don't stop reading!"  If
you have specific questions I'd be happy to help with what I have
learned.   Contact me off list if you would like me to help.

Good Luck!!!!

Greg