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  • 1.  how to configure sendmail to default to en1 in AIX 5.3

    Posted Fri July 30, 2010 09:22 AM

    Originally posted by: vtadsm1


    I am installing AIX 5.3 on a VM. En0 is the internal interface and en1 is the external. Sendmail wants to use en0 to send mail out. It picks up the internal ip and hostname in /etc/hosts. How do I configure sendmail to use en1 instead. The external ip and hostname are defined in /etc/hosts.
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  • 2.  Re: how to configure sendmail to default to en1 in AIX 5.3

    Posted Fri July 30, 2010 11:49 AM

    Originally posted by: shargus


    I'm not sure if I understand completely... are you using a mail relay defined in your sendmail.cf?
    If so, sendmail should send mail to that address, and the AIX network routing tables should tell which interface that ends up going to...
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  • 3.  Re: how to configure sendmail to default to en1 in AIX 5.3

    Posted Fri July 30, 2010 12:00 PM

    Originally posted by: vtadsm1


    I figured it out. I can set the hostname in sendmail.cf using the Dj option. It overrides the internal hostname. Thanks anyway.
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