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Managing sendmail Services in Oracle Solaris 11.1
October 2012
Describes how to configure the sendmail service to manage email.
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Preface
1. Mail Services (Overview)
What's New With Mail Services
Changes in this Release
Significant Changes in Earlier Releases
Other
sendmail
Information Sources
Introduction to the Components of Mail Services
Overview of the Software Components
Overview of the Hardware Components
2. Mail Services (Tasks)
Task Map for Mail Services
Planning Your Mail System
Local Mail Only
Local Mail and a Remote Connection
Setting Up Mail Services (Task Map)
Setting Up Mail Services
How to Set Up a Mail Server
How to Set Up a Mail Client
How to Set Up a Mail Host
How to Set Up a Mail Gateway
How to Use DNS With
sendmail
Changing the
sendmail
Configuration (Task Map)
Changing the
sendmail
Configuration
How to Build a New
sendmail.cf
File
Setting Up a Virtual Host
How to Automatically Rebuild a Configuration File
How to Use
sendmail
in the Open Mode
How to Set SMTP to Use TLS
How to Manage Mail Delivery by Using an Alternate Configuration of
sendmail.cf
Administering Mail Alias Files (Task Map)
Administering Mail Alias Files
How to Set Up an NIS
mail.aliases
Map
How to Set Up a Local Mail Alias File
How to Create a Keyed Map File
Managing the
postmaster
Alias
How to Create a
postmaster
Alias in Each Local
/etc/mail/aliases
File
How to Create a Separate Mailbox for
postmaster
How to Add the
postmaster
Mailbox to the Aliases in the
/etc/mail/aliases
File
Administering the Queue Directories (Task Map)
Administering the Queue Directories
How to Display the Contents of the Mail Queue,
/var/spool/mqueue
How to Force Mail Queue Processing in the Mail Queue,
/var/spool/mqueue
How to Run a Subset of the Mail Queue,
/var/spool/mqueue
How to Move the Mail Queue,
/var/spool/mqueue
How to Run the Old Mail Queue,
/var/spool/omqueue
Administering
.forward
Files (Task Map)
Administering
.forward
Files
How to Disable
.forward
Files
How to Change the
.forward
-File Search Path
How to Create and Populate
/etc/shells
Troubleshooting Procedures and Tips for Mail Services (Task Map)
Troubleshooting Procedures and Tips for Mail Services
How to Test the Mail Configuration
How to Check Mail Aliases
How to Test the
sendmail
Rule Sets
How to Verify Connections to Other Systems
Logging Error Messages
Other Sources for Mail Diagnostic Information
Resolving Error Messages
3. Mail Services (Reference)
Oracle Solaris Version of
sendmail
Flags Used and Not Used to Compile
sendmail
MILTER
, Mail Filter API for
sendmail
Alternative
sendmail
Commands
Versions of the Configuration File
Software and Hardware Components of Mail Services
Software Components
Mail User Agent
Mail Transfer Agent
Local Delivery Agent
Mailers and
sendmail
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Mailers
UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program (UUCP) Mailers
Mail Addresses
Domains and Subdomains
Name Service Domain Name and Mail Domain Name
Typical Format for Mail Addresses
Route-Independent Mail Addresses
Mailbox Files
Mail Aliases
Hardware Components
Mail Host
Mail Server
Mail Client
Mail Gateway
Mail Service Programs and Files
Enhancement for
vacation
Utility
Contents of the
/usr/bin
Directory
Contents of the
/etc/mail
Directory
Contents of the
/etc/mail/cf
Directory
Contents of the
/usr/lib
Directory
Other Files Used for Mail Services
Interactions of Mail Programs
sendmail
Program
sendmail
and Its Rerouting Mechanisms
sendmail
Features
sendmail
Configuration File
Mail Alias Files
.mailrc
Aliases
/etc/mail/aliases
File
NIS
aliases
Map
.forward
Files
Situations to Avoid
Controls for
.forward
files
.forward.
hostname
File
.forward+
detail
File
/etc/default/sendmail
File
Mail Addresses and Mail Routing
Interactions of
sendmail
With Name Services
sendmail.cf
and Mail Domains
sendmail
and Name Services
Mail Domains and Name Service Domains
Requirements for Name Services
Interactions of NIS and
sendmail
Interactions of
sendmail
With NIS and DNS
Changes in Version 8.14 of
sendmail
Changes in Version 8.13 of
sendmail
Support for Running SMTP With TLS in Version 8.13 of
sendmail
Configuration File Options for Running SMTP With TLS
Macros for Running SMTP With TLS
Rule Sets for Running SMTP With TLS
Security Considerations Related to Running SMTP With TLS
Additional Command-Line Options in Version 8.13 of
sendmail
Additional and Revised Configuration File Options in Version 8.13 of
sendmail
Additional and Revised
FEATURE()
Declarations in Version 8.13 of
sendmail
Changes From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Support for TCP Wrappers From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
submit.cf
Configuration File From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Functions That Distinguish
sendmail.cf
From
submit.cf
Functional Changes From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional or Deprecated Command-Line Options From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional Arguments for the
PidFile
and
ProcessTitlePrefix
Options From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional Defined Macros From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional Macros From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional
MAX
Macros From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional and Revised
m4
Configuration Macros From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Changes to the
FEATURE()
Declaration From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Changes to the
MAILER()
Declaration From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional Delivery Agent Flags From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional Equates for Delivery Agents From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional Queue Features From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Changes for LDAP From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Change to the Built-In Mailer From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Additional Rule Sets From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
Changes to Files From Version 8.12 of
sendmail
sendmail
Version 8.12 and IPv6 Addresses in Configuration
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