7
Installing and Configuring Sendmail
MetaInfo’s Sendmail software is a fully compliant Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)/Post Office
Protocol (POP3) email server with full store and forward capability.
NOTE
:
Sendmail 2.5 requires Internet Explorer 3.02 or higher for the user interface to run.
To install Sendmail software:
1. Log on to the system as Administrator, or as a user with Administrator privileges.
2. Insert the MetaInfo SMTP/POP3 CD into the system’s CD-ROM drive, and run Setup on the
CD-ROM. You can safely accept the default pre-installation options.
3. Before Setup copies files to the systems hard drive, you can select the default setup options, with
the following exceptions:
−
Type a user name, a company name, and the serial number of the Sendmail software
(available on the MetaInfo CD-ROM case).
−
Select Install Mail Server (Default) or SMTP Relay.
−
You will be asked to enter the DNS domain that the machine will serve.
−
Enter a password for web-based configuration.
When installation is complete, you must configure SMTP/POP3 to begin receiving email.
To configure Sendmail software:
1. Select Start, Programs, MetaInfo, Sendmail 2.*, and Sendmail Configuration. This will start the
web-based user interface.
2. Select Preferences. On the Preferences Property page, enter the following information:
Maximum Message Size and SMTP Listening Port (Default is 25).
3. Select Accounts to create POP3 end user accounts.
4. Select Service Control, Restart to restart the Sendmail service and activate your changes.
To test the Sendmail service:
Sendmail provides a diagnostic application named
DIAG
.
EXE
. This application is located in the
Sendmail installation directory, and must be run from a console window. You can run
DIAG
.
EXE
with
or without options. If you run it with no options, it prompts you for input as needed. For help with
using the application, type the following command at the command line:
diag /?
Options:
m: skip pop3 test
s: skip smtp test
c: perform POPPASSD (change password) test
x: output name resolution debug info
pop3username is assumed to be username if not specified
The application runs a three-phase test. Each test requires the previous test to be passed. For example,
if the DNS test fails, the subsequent SMTP and POP3 tests will not be carried out.
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