how to make linux sendmail to work as email client?
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Requirement is to make the linux sendmail acts as email client ,so that my linux host will connect to the mail server provided by the my company( mail.mycomany.com )and send ,receive mails from that..Pls guide me how can i procede in this .I have done googling,Not able to come to conclusions.anicipating your reply .
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By fiezoe z, September 16, 2006 @ 5:35 am
to sent msg from one system to another:
CMD: write(space)user id
By TrueBlueAqua, September 17, 2006 @ 1:23 pm
I don’t understand the question
linux sendmail is not a client or user agent(like Outlook or Outlook Express).
What is the function you require?
1. Are you using an email client (simian or thunderbird)?
2. Do you want to use sendmail as a forwarding agent to your companies server i.e. your email client (simian) will connect to your email server (sendmail) and sendmail will in turn relay messages to your company servers.
For this you need to configure sendmail.cf as a mail relay and setup your server. Also your company’s mail admin needs to know that your email server is a valid one and provide authorization on his mail server to accept emails from your email server.
I have a feeling you are looking for the first option.
By acklan, September 20, 2006 @ 11:25 pm
You don’t use Sendmail as a client, you use it as a proxy and the client retrieves the mail from the Sendmail Proxy server.
This is much how YPOPs allows the free version of Yahoo mail to be retrieved with Outlook, Outlook Express or Thunderbird.
By LAMPP, September 24, 2006 @ 10:18 am
I think you should know first the functions of software you want to use before you do something.
Sendmail is a email server and not a client email. You use Thunderbird, Evolution or MS Outlook as your email client.