On May 14, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Ernest Sales wrote:
Well, actually not so (sendmail_outbound_enable is supposed to be
set to
YES, as per defaults, but init says otherwise -- and I don't know
what that
means). But it starts without delays and can send/receive mail (even
internet mail, wow!).
Take a look at /etc/defaults/rc.conf for all of the gory details.
You probably meant sendmail_enable=YES, but:
# Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail and /etc/rc.d/sendmail:
sendmail_enable="NO" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO).
sendmail_pidfile="/var/run/sendmail.pid" # sendmail pid file
sendmail_procname="/usr/sbin/sendmail" # sendmail process name
sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a server)
sendmail_submit_enable="YES" # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail
submission
sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m -
ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost"
# Flags for localhost-only MTA
sendmail_outbound_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO).
sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail
(outbound only)
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail
(YES/NO).
sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m"
# Flags for sendmail_msp_queue daemon.
I chose .localhost to qualify the hostname because the notion of
"public"
domain name is where I get lost. Can I pick any word as TLD/SLD to
operate
in a private LAN?
Yes, but using a local domain which conflicts with existing domains
is strongly not recommended. Consider what happens if a local config
issue bounces email or worse to somebody else, or consider what
happens if you chose ".net" or ".com" instead of ".localhost".
Is there any standard, anything like the CIDR blocks reserved for
private networks?
The zeroconf/rendezvous stuff likes to use ".local" as the domain
unless other info is available.
Researchs led me to RFC 2606, alternative DNS
roots, and the like, but I couldn't distill any practical advice.
Which will
be the interactions if I choose e.g. .somedomain.com? Now if I send
a mail
to the internet, it has a From field ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) unusable to
reply to;
if this was [EMAIL PROTECTED] it could fake some real mail
address.
Yes, absolutely, or to bounce email back to the example domain.
Network admins get cross when you pretend to be in a domain that you
have no affiliation with and they have to get your ISP to clean up
after you.... :-)
--
-Chuck
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