Henrik ANDREASSON writes:
> Also, in some cases the e-mail address is obtained by
> LDAP from the Notes server. (Note that we have no LDAP client on the HP3K
> (does one exist? If yes I would be interrested in it)).

Ask and POSIX shall provide.  :-)  Lars Appel's OpenLDAP port can be found at:

        http://www.editcorp.com/Personal/Lars_Appel/ldap/

> >: If you want all outgoing mail to go to a central relay site, define
> >: SMART_HOST as well.  Briefly:
> >:
> >:       LOCAL_RELAY applies to unqualified names (e.g., "eric").
> >:       MAIL_HUB applies to names qualified with the name of the
> >:               local host (e.g., "[log in to unmask]").
> >:       SMART_HOST applies to names qualified with other hosts.
>
> Now we're getting somewhere.
> In my case, would setting MAIL_HUB/SMART_HOST to the IP address of my
> smtp/mta do the trick do you think?

I think so.  But I've never personally played with these, since here at
cccd.edu in my role as postmaster and DNS-master I have sendmail and bind
cooperating harmoniously without needing anything more than sendmail basics.

> Also, what about Syslog.  Could I avoid having to install Syslog if I would
> use Sendmail in this fashion (only outgoing mail to 1 server)?

Only if you don't care about having sendmail log successful and unsuccesful
deliveries.

I strongly recommend installing Syslog/iX.  It's by far the simplest of all
of my POSIX ports to install and configure.
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