Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:10:34 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Brown <gtabug@prayforwind.com> To: "H. Wade Minter" <minter@lunenburg.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How do I make "mail" (sendmail?) use remote SMTP server? Message-ID: <20011118170958.E344-100000@prayforwind.com> In-Reply-To: <20011115230731.U2537-100000@bunning.skiltech.com>
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Hey thanks, it worked! Been looking for that one for months & months.... Cheers, Steve On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, H. Wade Minter wrote: > I'd recommend editing /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and changing the line that > reads: > > # "Smart" relay host (may be null) > DS > > to read > > # "Smart" relay host (may be null) > DSyoursmtphost.isp.com > > That should fix it. > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Steve Brown wrote: > > > Hello there, > > > > My ISP is now blocking access to any SMTP servers other than theirs, and > > blocking mail sent from "localhost". So I can no longer use mail or mutt > > to send a message to anyone except my own users. > > > > Can I configure something ([mail & mutt] or sendmail) to use their SMTP > > server? I'd like to be able to do something like this: > > > > cat <filename> | mail someone@somewhere.com > > > > and have it go out. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Steve > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > Do your part in the fight against injustice. > Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org/ > Fight the DMCA! http://www.anti-dmca.org/ > STOP the SSSCA! http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010921_eff_sssca_alert.html > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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