From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 23:29:56 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF18037B401 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:29:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (gwdu60.gwdg.de [134.76.98.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9718B43F85 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:29:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from gwdu60.gwdg.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gwdu60.gwdg.de (8.12.8p1/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h6V6TsTQ077301; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:29:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kheuer2@gwdg.de) Received: from localhost (kheuer2@localhost)h6V6Tspx077298; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:29:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: gwdu60.gwdg.de: kheuer2 owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:29:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer To: MatzeLoCal@gmx.de In-Reply-To: <28932.1059632349@www62.gmx.net> Message-ID: <20030731082619.A70519-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [NEWBIE] Using external SMTP-Server for mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 06:29:57 -0000 On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 MatzeLoCal@gmx.de wrote: > I've gotta question, which may seem very dumb for some of you, but I really > need to know. > > How do I set up mail in FreeBSD that it uses an external mail-server? In my > case I need to send the messages that will send my cron and some apps. But > our Systemadministrator will does not allow me to use the FreeBSD with sendmail > as server, he says that I have to use our M$ Exchange as mail server. > > Thank you very much in advance and sorry for the dumb question. Put the following lines in /etc/rc.conf: sendmail_enable="NO" sendmail_submit_enable="YES" FreeBSD will then run a sendmail daemon listening on the loopback interface for mail submission only. This sendmail process will not be visible from external hosts and will not receive any mail. Regards Konrad Heuer (kheuer2@gwdg.de) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany