Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 10:11:41 -0800 From: "Michael D. Harlan" <r3mdh@rworld.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: SMTP Server / Pop-Authentication Message-ID: <20001220101141.A84446@rworld.org>
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Hi All, I'm embarassed to be writing to this list today. Perhaps the flu has impeded my ability to figure this out on my own... I'm using mutt as my e-mail client. mutt-1.2.5 to be exact. I'm have a cable modem connection to my ISP, where my POP e-mail box resides. They have 2 servers to process mail, 1 for pop (incoming) mail and 1 for SMTP (outgoing) mail. I'm using fetchmail to get my mail from the ISP. No problems there. However, I'm having some problems sending mail through the SMTP server. Am I correct in thinking that I should edit the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file to read: # "Smart" relay host (may be null) DSsmtp.mail.myisp.com where 'smtp.mail.myisp.com' is the hostname of the SMTP server? I did this and when I sent out a test e-mail, I got the response: Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 521 Mail not accepted from this domain: 521 myisp.com closing transmission channel. You must be pop-authenticated before you can use this smtp server, and you must use your mail address for the Sender/From field. I'm not very savvy with sendmail configuration. At least not yet. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to tell sendmail what my userid and password are for the SMTP server? Or is there an easier way to do this? (I have a tendancy to take the path of MOST resistance :) ) I TRULY appreciate any help that you can provide. Sincerely, Mike Harlan r3mdh@rworld.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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