Using Sendmail with MS Exchange

[Robertson, Brown]

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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> 
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