Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:26:10 -0500 From: Joe Auty <joe@netmusician.org> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Forwarding mail to another server Message-ID: <052C67B2-ADF6-4B17-A545-B022BA00BFDE@netmusician.org> In-Reply-To: <810a540e050826040829ddc753@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e050826040829ddc753@mail.gmail.com>
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You can setup an MTA like Postfix to respond to an alternate port in addition to port 25. So, for me, I send mail on port 2525 to my SMTP server which requires authentication over SSL. If this sort of setup is not feasible for you, would a .forward file in your home directory do what you want? On Aug 26, 2005, at 6:08 AM, Pat Maddox wrote: > My ISP (Bresnan) blocks outgoing traffic on port 25. I'd like to make > it so that the mail program automatically forwards requests to my > ISP's mail server, instead of trying to directly send mail to the > appropriate server. > > For example, if I did > mail pergesu@gmail.com > > And sent a message, my machine would send that to mail.bresnan.net and > have them pass it on. Is it possible to do that? If so, how? > > Thanks, Pat > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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