Description
1) You must know your mail server name
2) Add the IP address and hostname of mail server in /etc/hosts file
3)In the configuration file /etc/sendmail.cf, the line with DS must be modified and you must specified your mail server
For Ex :
# grep -i DS /etc/sendmail.cf
# @(#)24 1.74 src/bos/usr/sbin/sendmail/sendmail.cf, cmdsend, bos53A, a2004_41A6 9/23/04 14:37:58
# COMPONENT_NAME: CMDSEND sendmail.cf
DS <SMTP mail server name>
# Note: This option is not supported in AIX. All help commands
# use MB, MG, and MR resource records? (AIX)
4) Edit the mail services in /etc/rc.tcpip
Uncomment this line if commented
start /usr/lib/sendmail "$src_running" "-bd -q${QPI.EN_US}"
5) Start the sendmail services using the below command
startsrc -s sendmail -a "-bd -q30m"
6) Ensure the smtp services are running fine
ps -ef | grep -i mail
7) Test by running email
echo “test” |sendmail –v <email address of recipient>
8) If the test is successful, just run the catalog backup and ensure you receive the email.
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