I have created a new website for the Raspberry Pi – http://www.rpitutorials.com/ – if you have a Raspberry Pi, or have interest in the Raspberry Pi check it out !
This is a quick guide on how to use sendmail as a backup MX server. If you want to use qmail as a backup MX/backup mail server, please see our Qmail as backup MX guide here.
If you do not have sendmail installed, you can install it using your OS package manager. In this example, we use yum on CentOS:
yum install sendmail
First off, we want to make sure it auto-starts upon reboot:
chkconfig sendmail on
By default, sendmail will only listen on localhost; for this example we will set it to listen on all interfaces instead:
1. Open /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
2. Find the line starting with DaemonPortOptions and then modify it so it looks like this:
DaemonPortOptions=Port=smtp,Addr=0.0.0.0, Name=MTA
First, we will need to modify the sendmail access file.
1. Open the access file:
vim /etc/mail/access
2. For every domain that you want to allow this sendmail instance to serve as a backup mail server for, add the following line (replace DOMAIN.com with your real domain name):
To:DOMAIN.com RELAY
3. Next, you will need to specify which mail route this sendmail instance will attempt to deliver mail to (replace DOMAIN.com with your real domain name):
DOMAIN.com smtp:mail.DOMAIN.com
4. Finally, we will recreate the database files:
makemap hash /etc/mail/mailertable.db < /etc/mail/mailertablemakemap hash /etc/mail/access.db < /etc/mail/access
5. Make sure to restart sendmail so that our new configuration is taken in to effect:
/etc/init.d/sendmail restart
Now that you have configured your sendmail service to act as a backup mail server, you will need to update your DNS so that other mail servers know that you have a backup MX.
If you have not already, create a DNS A record for the backup mail server, eg: mail-backup.DOMAIN.com
Next, create a new MX record that points to your DNS name for the backup mail server with a higher priority number than the primary mail server. Remember, the higher the priority number, the less precedence it has, eg in order of preference:
DOMAIN.com MX 10 mail.DOMAIN.com
DOMAIN.com MX 50 mail-backup.DOMAIN.com
Now that you have configured sendmail and your DNS, you should now have a backup MX configured ! If you have any issues, questions or concerns, please comment and I will assist where I can.
CentOS 5.8 has been released within the last 24 hours :)
To update your existing CentOS 5.x to CentOS 5.8, simply run the following command:
yum update
Ensure that you have only standard CentOS repositories enabled to avoid dependency issues.
If you are unsure, you can check what version of CentOS you have installed here.
For new installations, you can download the CentOS 5.8 32-bit or 64-bit ISO from here: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/
Browser over to http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.8 for CentOS 5.8 release notes.
In 2010, I wrote an article about Input Director, since then a new application has emerged for sharing mouse and keyboard over network for Windows: Mouse without Borders
It’s a simplified version of Input Director, with a handy feature – shared clipboard and the ability to copy and paste files between workstations.
A screenshot of the setup between my PC and laptop:
Mouse without Borders can be downloaded here and configured within a few seconds :)
For all of who wanted Kloxo on CentOS 5 64-bit can now do so. I have installed Kloxo on CentOS 5.7 64-bit and everything appears to working 100% !
Kloxo: http://lxcenter.org/software/kloxo
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