Mail Administration Guide presents the concepts and procedures required to establish and maintain electronic mail services, with special focus on the configuration files needed for sendmail.
Prior to using this book, you should have already installed SunOSTM 5.x software and set up the networking software that you plan to use.
This book is intended for the system administrator whose responsibilities include setting up and maintaining mail services. Though much of the book is directed toward the experienced system administrator, it also contains information useful to novice administrators and other readers who may be new to the SolarisTM platform.
Chapter 1, Understanding Mail Services provides an overview of the mail service. The concepts and terminology necessary to set up and maintain a mail service are discussed in detail.
Chapter 2, Setting Up and Administering Mail Services describes the steps required to set up and administer a mail service. Troubleshooting tips are included.
Chapter 3, Customizing sendmail Configuration Files explains how to edit the files that sendmail consults.
Appendix A, sendmail Configuration File includes a reference copy of the generic main.cf file.
Appendix B, sendmail Options lists the command-line arguments and the configuration options to sendmail, and the mailer flags.
This is a list of related documentation that is refered to in this book.
sendmail, Second Edition, by Bryan Costales (O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1997)
!%@:: A Directory of Electronic Mail Addressing and Networks, by Donnalyn Frey and Rick Adams
The SunDocsSM program provides more than 250 manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. If you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.
For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of the SunExpressTM Internet site at http://www.sun.com/sunexpress.
Table P-1 describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
Typeface or Symbol |
Meaning |
Example |
---|---|---|
AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 |
Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value |
To delete a file, type rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized |
Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
Table P-2 shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
Shell |
Prompt |
---|---|
C shell prompt |
machine_name% |
C shell superuser prompt |
machine_name# |
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt |
$ |
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt |
# |