[mdlug] Sendmail configuration

[Michael ORourke]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Aaron Kulkis <akulkis3 at hotpop.com>
>Sent: Mar 19, 2008 7:17 PM
>To: Deepan <codeshepherd at gmail.com>, MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [mdlug] Sendmail configuration
>
>Deepan wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> I am using sendmail via php mail function to send
>> emails. However few servers reject my mails with
>> the error 'Sender address rejected: Domain not
>> found', since mails from my server are sent as
>> email at localhost.localdomain. How do I change this
>> to a valid domain name ? We only own a public IP.
>> we dont really have a domain name, is it possible
>> to use IP ?
>
>Tangential comment:
>
>First rule of sendmail debugging -- go download and
>install the latest version of sendmail before
>doing anything else.
>

Slightly better suggestion...
Dump Sendmail and replace with something less pathological, such as Postfix.  But if you are a masochist, then download and compile the latest version of Sendmail.

-Mike