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I haven't got a clue how to configure sendmail once it's installed, but in DSL you'll be much better off using apt-get/dpkg to install it than trying to compile it from source.
If you've never used Linux before you''ll have a hell of a time compiling on a full dev system, let alone trying it on a system that has next to no dev tools or headers.
and how would i go about using dpkg and/or apt-get, ive tried:

apt-get install sendmail
and
dpkg -i sendmail

and neither work
apt/dpkg needs to be "enabled" (downloaded and installed) before it will work.  There is a menu item called "enable apt" that will install the dsl-dpkg.dsl extension for you.  From that point you can install debs with apt-get or dpkg.
For some deb packages you might need to also install gnu-utils, as well as some dependencies.
i have apt-get and dpkg working (as far as i know they work as they should) and ive done "apt-get update" and when i try and install sendmail i get this:

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root@0[htdocs]# apt-get install sendmail
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 sendmail: Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages


then if i try and install perl that doesnt work either, very anoying
It's what a lot of people call "dependency hell"....one application requires another application, which requires another application, etc.  There's really no getting around it unless you find an application built specifically for your distribution.  myDSL extensions are mostly dependency-free, but i'm pretty sure there is no sendmail yet.

If it's a program you really want, the only solution is to deal with the dependencies...keep installing the necessary programs until you finally get everything required.  Apart from that you could search for programs that do not have as many requirements, but i don't think there are many alternatives to sendmail.. The only one i know of is Postfix.
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