Question : Configure SMTP on sendmail to send email from unix to outlook

hi,

i have sendmail installed on linux machine however, im not sure how and where to configure smtp in order to be able to send email to my work mail. Do i need to have the mail host in etc/hosts or is this something that can be configured in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf?
If this is too complicated  (for a unix beginner) please let me know if programs such as postfix would be more straight forward.

Much appreciated!

Answer : Configure SMTP on sendmail to send email from unix to outlook

Can this server do DNS resolution? At a console type:

host google.com
host yahoo.com
host ebay.com

See if you can get IP addresses for any of those names. If not, check the IP of your resolver in /etc/resolv.conf

It should look something like:

nameserver 1.2.3.4

where 1.2.3.4 is either your local dns server (if you have one) or your ISP's. You can always use Level3's: 4.2.2.2