What is Sendmail ?

What is Sendmail ?

About

Sendmail is:

a mail transfer agent (MTA) for linux (ie a SMTP server, running on the port 25).
a command line (MUA) to send a message

Reference

Almost all MTAs provide a sendmail interface making it the default implementation.

For instance, postfix postfix is a Sendmail-compatible MTA and therefore provides a sendmail command in its installation.

Management

Restart

/sbin/service sendmail restart

Installation

ubuntu

sudo apt-get install sendmail

Submitting mail

See How to send an email with SendMail ?

Documentation / Reference

http://www.elandsys.com/resources/sendmail/

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