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Date:      Mon, 17 May 1999 14:45:47 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White)
Cc:        drwho@xnet.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IP Masq breaks sendmail
Message-ID:  <199905171845.OAA29429@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171134190.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> from Doug White at "May 17, 99 11:34:51 am"

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Doug White wrote,
> On Wed, 12 May 1999, drwho wrote:
> 
> > FreeBSD 3.1-Stable with internal net addr 192.168.16.1 on interface xl0.
> > This machine connects to the net with a static IP/hostname through pppd
> > on interface ppp0.  I am using natd to handle masquerading/aliasing here.
> > All seems to be OK (for the most part) until I try to send mail.
> > 
> > Since my local net does not have a registered domain name/IP addr, remote
> > mailers often reject mail coming from my site.  What I need to do is
> > "alias" my outgoing mail (in other words, any mail NOT intended for the
> > local network) to appear to come from my ISP assigned address and hostname.
> 
> You should consult www.sendmail.org on this, they should have gotten
> around this by now.

Does your ISP provide SMTP services for you? I would expect they
do. Perhaps the easiest thing is to relay all of your mail through a
mail gateway of theirs. How are you collecting your mail right now?
Can you basically send mail back through that(those) host(s)?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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