Electronic Mail on CAM for NEXTSTEP 3.3

by Eric Tremblay

Intro

This document will explain how to configure sendmail in order to permit you to send electronic mail using the NeXTmail application on NEXTSTEP 3.3.

PPP needs to be installed and functional before doing these modifications.

What's Possible?

Send ASCII, MIME and NeXTmail using the NeXTmail application.
Reply and get replies to your Internet email.
Still keep your dailup UUCP network runing without problems.
Local mail is unchanged by the modifications.
Retrieve your email using the PopOver application.

What's NOT Possible...

To retrieve mail using the sendmail subsystem. (Not with this config.)

What's to Modify?

The /etc/sendmail/sendmail.mailhost.cf file.
Add an entry in the NetInfo database using NetInfoManager.
Need to be root to do this.
PPP installed and functional.

Step by Step...

NeXTmail App Preferences.

Run NeXTmail and set the preferences in the compose toggle to CAMyourUserName@cam.org
Press the Set button at the bottom of the inspector.

Replacing the sendmail file.

Login as ROOT.
Make a copy of /etc/sendmail.mailhost.cf rename it sendmail.mailhost.cf.Original.
Delete the /etc/sendmail.mailhost.cf file.
Take the included sendmail.mailhost.cf file and place it in the /etc/sendmail directory.
Here's the sendmail file. Right Alt key and click to download.
Rename the file in your /tmp directory to sendmail.mailhost.cf
The file above is now my original file which is compressed to save the format of the file. Even if the format was different. A SIMPLE comparision of BOTH FILES who have given you the solution to what to change in the file. There is a cool application in /NeXTDeveloper/Demo called FileMerge.app I suggest you look at it for the future.

Modifying the NetInfo Database.

In Digital Librarian look at the document calle 06_Mail.rtfd.
Read and do the section called Modifying the Local Domain /locations Directory
Value for mailhost is stmp.hip.cam.org
Value for sendmail.cf is /etc/sendmail/sendmail.mailhost.cf