xxx@yyy:~$ sudo apt-get install sendmail Password: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdb4.2 liblockfile1 m4 make procmail rmail sendmail-base sendmail-bin sendmail-cf sensible-mda Suggested packages: sendmail-doc ca-certificates logcheck sasl2-bin Recommended packages: postfix mail-transport-agent fetchmail resolvconf The following NEW packages will be installed: libdb4.2 liblockfile1 m4 make procmail rmail sendmail sendmail-base sendmail-bin sendmail-cf sensible-mda 0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 2168kB/2947kB of archives. After unpacking 8090kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main procmail 3.22-11ubuntu2 [140kB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe sendmail-base 8.13.5-3ubuntu1 [342kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe sendmail-cf 8.13.5-3ubuntu1 [ 281kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe sendmail-bin 8.13.5-3ubuntu1 [790kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe rmail 8.13.5-3ubuntu1 [223kB] Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe sensible-mda 8.13.5-3ubuntu1 [199kB] Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe sendmail 8.13.5-3ubuntu1 [193 kB] Fetched 2168kB in 4s (438kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.2. (Reading database ... 16645 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libdb4.2 (from .../libdb4.2_4.2.52-24build1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package liblockfile1. Unpacking liblockfile1 (from .../liblockfile1_1.06.1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package m4. Unpacking m4 (from .../main/m/m4/m4_1.4.4-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package make. Unpacking make (from .../make_3.80+3.81.b4-1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package procmail. Unpacking procmail (from .../procmail_3.22-11ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package sendmail-base. Unpacking sendmail-base (from .../sendmail-base_8.13.5-3ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package sendmail-cf. Unpacking sendmail-cf (from .../sendmail-cf_8.13.5-3ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package sendmail-bin. Unpacking sendmail-bin (from .../sendmail-bin_8.13.5-3ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package rmail. Unpacking rmail (from .../rmail_8.13.5-3ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package sensible-mda. Unpacking sensible-mda (from .../sensible-mda_8.13.5-3ubuntu1_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package sendmail. Unpacking sendmail (from .../sendmail_8.13.5-3ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Setting up libdb4.2 (4.2.52-24build1) ... Setting up liblockfile1 (1.06.1) ... Setting up m4 (1.4.4-1) ... Setting up make (3.80+3.81.b4-1) ... Setting up procmail (3.22-11ubuntu2) ... Setting up sendmail-base (8.13.5-3ubuntu1) ... adduser: Warning: that home directory does not belong to the user you are curren tly creating adduser: Warning: that home directory does not belong to the user you are curren tly creating Setting up sendmail-cf (8.13.5-3ubuntu1) ... Setting up sendmail-bin (8.13.5-3ubuntu1) ... You are doing a new install, or have erased /etc/mail/sendmail.mc. If you've accidentaly erased /etc/mail/sendmail.mc, check /var/backups. I am creating a safe, default sendmail.mc for you and you can run sendmailconfig later if you need to change the defaults. Stopping Mail Transport Agent: sendmail. Updating sendmail environment ... Validating configuration. Writing configuration to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Writing /etc/cron.d/sendmail. Could not open /etc/mail/databases(No such file or directory), creating it. Could not open /etc/mail/sendmail.mc(No such file or directory) Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Validating configuration. Writing configuration to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Writing /etc/cron.d/sendmail. Turning off Host Status collection Could not open /etc/mail/databases(No such file or directory), creating it. Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Validating configuration. Creating /etc/mail/databases... Checking filesystem, this may take some time - it will not hang! ... Done. Checking for installed MDAs... Adding link for newly extant program (mail.local) Adding link for newly extant program (procmail) sasl2-bin not installed, not configuring sendmail support. To enable sendmail SASL2 support at a later date, invoke "/usr/share/sendmail/up date_auth" Creating/Updating SSL(for TLS) information Creating /etc/mail/tls/starttls.m4... Creating SSL certificates for sendmail. Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus ..............................+++ ................................................................................ ..................................+++ e is 65537 (0x10001) *** *** *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** *** *** Everything you need to support STARTTLS (encrypted mail transmission and user authentication via certificates) is installed and configured but *IS* not being used. To enable sendmail to use STARTTLS, you need to: 1) Add this line to /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and optionally to /etc/mail/submit.mc: include(`/etc/mail/tls/starttls.m4')dnl 2) Run sendmailconfig 3) Restart sendmail Updating /etc/hosts.allow, adding "sendmail: all". Please edit /etc/hosts.allow and check the rules location to make sure your security measures have not been overridden - it is common to move the sendmail:all line to the *end* of the file, so your more selective rules take precedence. Checking {sendmail,submit}.mc and related databases... Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Validating configuration. Creating /etc/mail/databases... Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Validating configuration. Creating /etc/mail/databases... Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Validating configuration. Creating /etc/mail/Makefile... Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Validating configuration. Writing configuration to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf. Writing /etc/cron.d/sendmail. Disabling HOST statistics file(/var/lib/sendmail/host_status). Creating /etc/mail/sendmail.cf... Creating /etc/mail/submit.cf... Informational: confCR_FILE file empty: /etc/mail/relay-domains Warning: confCT_FILE source file not found: /etc/mail/trusted-users it was created Informational: confCT_FILE file empty: /etc/mail/trusted-users Warning: confCW_FILE source file not found: /etc/mail/local-host-names it was created Warning: access_db source file not found: /etc/mail/access it was created Updating /etc/mail/access... Linking /etc/aliases to /etc/mail/aliases Updating /etc/mail/aliases... WARNING: local host name (lisac) is not qualified; see cf/README: WHO AM I? /etc/mail/aliases: 1 aliases, longest 13 bytes, 17 bytes total Warning: 3 database(s) sources were not found, (but were created) please investigate. Starting Mail Transport Agent: sendmail. Setting up rmail (8.13.5-3ubuntu1) ... Setting up sensible-mda (8.13.5-3ubuntu1) ... Setting up sendmail (8.13.5-3ubuntu1) ... xxx@yyy:~$