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1. Tasks

When configuring a Linux computer running Sendmail you must/can do the following things

Configure basic information

You must minimally specify the intended purpose of your computer, mail wise: Is it a workstation or the mail server ? What is the domain used for email ? ...

Configure special routing

You can setup exception in the routing. If you know a short cut to a specific site or domain, you can tell Sendmail here. This is especially needed to connect uucp sites to the Internet.

Setting user alias

Some users may want to receive their email under different name, or you want to set a "pseudo" user and direct the mail of this user to a real user. A good example is postmaster.


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