Using Sendmail with MS Exchange

Carroll, Jim P [Contractor] jcarro10 at sprintspectrum.com
Tue Nov 26 20:56:16 CET 2002


A minor quibble:  You might want to set mail.mycompany.net to be an MX
record resolving to the A record of the internal interface of your Exchange
server.

But as wise men have said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."  ;)

jc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robertson, Brown [mailto:brown.robertson at maac.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:56 AM
> To: Marcus Nilsson; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: Evan Mann
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Using Sendmail with MS Exchange
> 
> 
> Ok, I think I have solved the problem thanks to some helpful tips from
> Evan, et al. I basically have a similar setup to his network 
> in that we
> consist of 2 AD DNS Zones corresponding to an external and internal
> domain namespace. I.E. (mycompany.net for external resolutions, and
> mycompany.int internal namespace) Our internal DNS servers 
> handle local
> queries, but do not handle lookups from the internet. (provided by our
> internet provider's DNS servers)
> So here's what I did:
> 
> 1)Created MX records on my internal DNS servers which pointed to my
> Exchange server. 
> 2)added the following line to my sendmail.cf:
> 
> define(`SMART_HOST',`mail.mycompany.net)
> 
> "mail.mycompany.net" has an A record pointer to the internal 
> ip address
> of the Exchange server. 
> 
> So far it seems to be working! Thanks for the brainstorms. 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Nilsson [mailto:marcus.nilsson at cannondale.com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:58 PM
> To: Robertson, Brown; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Using Sendmail with MS Exchange
> 
> I am having the same problem. I have given up on tweaking sendmail, 
> instead im trying to use Mutt for sending mail from command 
> line since 
> Mutt can use another MTA that localhost. I know that Pine can 
> send mail 
> from command line as well (and I have successfully done so). 
> I know that
> 
> this principle will work but I have not had the time to configure it 
> yet. Anyone using this way or any other solution involving 
> sending mail 
> via an exchange server, please share your experiences ;)
> 
> / Marcus
> 
> 
> Robertson, Brown wrote:
> 
> > I realize this isn?t an explicit Nagios issue, but perhaps 
> due to it?s
> 
> > implicit nature, I can get some help from you pros. I?m 
> trying to use 
> > nagios to send notifications using sendmail. My problem is 
> that I need
> 
> > these messages sent to our MS Exchange 2000 server which 
> functions as 
> > the companies? major MTA and communications server. Does anyone know
> any 
> > links that might have some tips on how to properly configure
> sendmail.cf 
> > in this configuration? Or are there perhaps any better ideas? Thanks
> in 
> > advance.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Brown Robertson
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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