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installing qmail This article was written by Ryan Troy rtroy@springsips.com.   Thanks Ryan. Removing Sendmail Compiling Qmail from the ports collection Installing qpopper Making pine use ./Maildir format Another reference for qmail is at http://www.flounder.net/qmail/. 1. Removing sendmail OK, we need to turn off sendmail before installing qmail, we are going to edit the rc.conf

virtual hosting with sendmail Virtual mail is the ability of a box to handle email for more than one domain.   I’m already running several domains and websites on this box.  Now I’m looking at how I can manage the mail in a more efficient manner. the problem I host several domains.  Several people have

allowing sendmail to relay mail This article deals with allowing sendmail to accept mail for specific domains, often referred to as relaying.  If you have installed sendmail 8.9.3 or later, it will automatically disable relaying.  In simple terms, mail relay is a mechanism by which mail is transferred from host to host until it reaches

Verifying an email address This morning I was told about a method which can be used to verify a mailing address.   Not all mail servers will accept this command as it can be disabled. This method make use of the SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) command VRFY (VeRiFY).  In the following example, we connect

Block the Melissa virus This page tells you how to configure sendmail so it will block the melissa virus.  Actually, it refers you to another page, but there ya go. What virus? The Melissa virus comes as a Microsoft Word attachment.  It will duplicate itself to the first 50 names in your Microsoft Outlook address