Hi I'm trying to set up sendmail as my home mail server but it's my
first time so I'm not sure what to do.
I know it's already installed and enabled in base but will only accept
requests from local host.
So I've added this flag in rc.conf.local to enable it it receive
external connections:
sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m"
And I've also changed my router settings to forward all packets from
port 587 to my openbsd box.
And I've restarted the computer.
But I still can't set up an account on my Macintosh to access the
openbsd mail server.
What am I doing wrong? And does sendmail use the IMAP or POP protocol?
I prefer to use IMAP if possible.
The name of my machine is zeus.my.domain and my ip is 24.6.209.32.
I don't have a domain name so I just use my ip.
On my Macintosh I've used these settings to try to create the new
account.
Email Address: m...@24.6.209.32
Incoming Mail Server: zeus.24.6.209.32
Here's the error message that I got from trying to set up that account
on my Macintosh.
The IMAP server "zeus.24.6.209.32" is not responding.
Try checking the network connection, and that the server name is
correct.
Otherwise, the server might be temporarily unavailable. If you
continue, you might not be
able to receive messages.
Do I have to add a user account to my mail server? or do I
automatically have an account if I'm a user on the OpenBSD system?
Thanks everyone... especially the OpenBSD Team for the best OS in the
world.
