Sendmail

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Download Source: http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/sendmail.8.14.5.tar.gz

Introduction to Sendmail

The sendmail package contains an open-source MTA. It is useful for sending emails via the command line and with PHP's mail() function

Project Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org/

Creating the Sendmail User/Group

groupadd -g 38 smmsp &&
useradd -c "Sendmail" -d /dev/null -g smmsp \
        -s /bin/false -u 38 smmsp

Non-Multilib

Configure the package:

cat <<<"EOF"
define(`confCC',`gcc')
define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
define(`confNROFF',`cat')
define(`confMANDOC',`')
EOF;

Compile the package:

./Build

Install the package:

./Build install

Multilib

This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.

64Bit

Configure the package:

cat <<<"EOF"
define(`confCC',`gcc -m64')
define(`confCCOPTS',`-fPIC -DPIC')
define(`confCCLINK',`gcc')
define(`confLIBDIR',`/usr/lib64/')
define(`confNROFF',`cat')
define(`confMANDOC',`')
EOF;

Compile the package:

./Build

Install the package:

./Build install
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