Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:58:35 +0100 From: freebsd@boosten.org To: Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Authoritative guide to configuring Sendmail to use a relay for outgoing mail on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <D73191D9-2E89-4C81-8636-DBD3CEAF5A6F@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <rtkafk$mp8$1@ciao.gmane.io> References: <rtkafk$mp8$1@ciao.gmane.io>
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> Op 12 jan. 2021, om 15:07 heeft Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-questions =
<freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> het volgende geschreven:
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> Hi,
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> For educational purposes [1], I have to answer the question: =
"Configure Sendmail [...] to use a relay for outgoing mail.
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> It has be sendmail and not a substitute smtp client such as ssmtp or =
similar.
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> According to [2], it seems I have to edit sendmail.cf; however. =
according to an older post on this list [3], one would have to run =
"make" in /etc/mail and then edit the generated file, presumably =
`hostname`.mc.
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> On IRC (freenode/#freebsd), I have been told that I can edit any .mc =
files, then run "make" and that will generate an .cf file. For example =
freebsd.mc >> freebsd.cf.
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> So, I am basically confused and I wonder if there is a canonical way =
to do that on FreeBSD.
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Basically all my jails use another jail as mail hub:
Change /etc/mail/freebsd.submit.mc to reflect the correct mail hub
FEATURE(`msp', `[your.smart.host]', `MSA=E2=80=99)dnl
Also configure the confDOMAIN_NAME and confHELO_NAME to reflect your =
host/domain.
Then run =E2=80=98make install=E2=80=99.=20
In my /etc/rc.conf there=E2=80=99s this:
sendmail_enable=3D"NO"
sendmail_msp_queue_enable=3D"YES"
sendmail_outbound_enable=3D"NO"
sendmail_submit_enable=3D=E2=80=9CNO"
Then run =E2=80=98make restart=E2=80=99 in your /etc/mail directory.
This basically makes the machine not accept email from outside (only =
from the machine itself) and forwards everything to your smart host.
Peter
=E2=80=94
It never hurts to help=20
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