Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 09:10:02 -0700 From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com> To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how-to tell sendmail to mail thru my ISP Message-ID: <200405191610.i4JGA2X4028145@beast.csl.sri.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEIDFOAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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> I have dynamic IP address and ISP blocks inbound port 25 so any > recipients email server that checks back before accepting says I an > invalid sender. Going through my ISP email server should fix this. > > How do I tell sendmail to send, relay my outgoing email through > my ISP email server? 1) go to /etc/mail 2) type make 3) edit /etc/mail/<hostname>.mc 4) locate line containing "SMART_HOST" 5) remove `dnl' from the start of the line 6) change `your.isp.mail.server' with the name of your ISP's SMTP server. 6a) NOTE NOTE NOTE: make sure your quotes around hostname are right first is ` and second is ' 7) save file and exit 8) in /etc/mail type, make, make install, and make restart That should do it.
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