[rt-users] How to setup sendmail to use external SMTP

[Mike Johnson]

Greetings all,

I figured I'd just post this to the listserv, so it's archived for others to
search on.


If you ever want to change sendmail to use an external SMTP so that RT can
just be configured to use sendmail, and the rest will flow easily after...

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Change directory to where your sendmail configuration files (sendmail.mc and
sendmail.cf) are located, usually /etc/mail/.

Create a safe subdirectory (suggested name auth/):
# mkdir auth
# chmod 700 auth

Create a file<http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/32459-how-set-up-sendmail-use-external-smtp.html#>with
your authentication information (suggested name auth/client-info):

#cd auth
#touch client-info

INSIDE THAT FILE PLACE THE FOLLOWING:

AuthInfo:your.isp.net "U:root" "I:user" "Password"

filling in your ISP's mail server, your user name, and your password. (Note:
Earthlink, and perhaps other ISP's, requires your full e-mail address as a
user name.)

Generate the authentication
database<http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/32459-how-set-up-sendmail-use-external-smtp.html#>and
make both files readable only by root:

# makemap hash client-info < client-info
# chmod 600 client-info*
# cd ..

Add the following lines to your sendmail.mc file, filling in your ISP's mail
server:

define(`SMART_HOST',`your.isp.net')dnl
define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN
PLAIN')dnl
FEATURE(`authinfo',`hash /etc/mail/auth/client-info')dnl

Generate sendmail.cf:
# m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf

Restart the sendmail daemon, e.g., (this depends on your OS, this works for
redhat and CentOS):
# service sendmail restart


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This was from
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/debian-linux-help/32459-how-set-up-sendmail-use-external-smtp.html
but
I thought I'd copy/paste should the resource not exist in the future.

-- 
Mike Johnson
Datatel Programmer/Analyst
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, ON   P7B 5E1
Phone: (807) 766-7331
Email: mike.johnson at nosm.ca
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