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NAME

mailsetup − Configure the hosts mail system

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/mailsetup [-f file]

FLAGS

-f fileName of the resulting configuration file. 

DESCRIPTION

The mailsetup command sets up the mail system on your host. You can use this command to do a quick setup where defaults are used or to do a more extensive setup. 

Before you run mailsetup your machine needs a local domain name and it should be be established on a local area network. If you have not run bindsetup you will be asked for the BIND domain name for your local area network. For a quick setup the only additional information you will be asked for is the name of the mail relay you will be using. On the more extensive setup you will also be asked for UUCP and DECnet configuration information, aliases for your machine, local address formats and other domain information. 

You must run the mailsetup command as superuser and with the system in multiuser mode. 

When you run mailsetup a menu is displayed giving you a choice of responses. You are then prompted for further information. 

If you are not using the −f flag, before mailsetup exits, it asks if you wish to restart your mail with this new configuration. A no answer will save your configuration file in /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.tmp and abort the install. A yes answer will save your /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf in /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.orig if no file by this name exists.  if /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.orig exists /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf is moved to /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.n where n is the version number (0 to 6 where 0 is the most recent). The new configuration file will then be moved to /var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf and sendmail will be restarted. 

If you are using the -f flag, the configuration file is saved with the file name specified and sendmail is not restarted. 

FILES

/var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf
Sendmail configuration file

/var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.pd
Mail setup product description for the configuration file

/var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.{0-6}
Backup configuration files

/var/adm/sendmail/sendmail.cf.orig
Original configuration file

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands: sendmail(8), bindsetup(8), netsetup(8)

Documents: Guide to Network Setup