On 25/10/2009, at 5:44 PM, Mark Yieh wrote:
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.
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sendmail uses SMTP. popa3d is in base for POP3. I haven't got as
far as IMAP yet.
Wikipedia and the manuals a good place to start!
Running an external-facing mail server might not be a good idea
until you've got a lot more of the concepts under your belt!
HTH.
