Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:08:21 -0500 (EST) From: "H. Wade Minter" <minter@lunenburg.org> To: Steve Brown <gtabug@prayforwind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I make "mail" (sendmail?) use remote SMTP server? Message-ID: <20011115230731.U2537-100000@bunning.skiltech.com> In-Reply-To: <20011115224014.P6830-100000@prayforwind.com>
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I'd recommend editing /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and changing the line that reads: # "Smart" relay host (may be null) DS to read # "Smart" relay host (may be null) DSyoursmtphost.isp.com That should fix it. On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Steve Brown wrote: > Hello there, > > My ISP is now blocking access to any SMTP servers other than theirs, and > blocking mail sent from "localhost". So I can no longer use mail or mutt > to send a message to anyone except my own users. > > Can I configure something ([mail & mutt] or sendmail) to use their SMTP > server? I'd like to be able to do something like this: > > cat <filename> | mail someone@somewhere.com > > and have it go out. > > Thanks in advance, > > Steve > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Do your part in the fight against injustice. Free Dmitry Sklyarov! http://www.freesklyarov.org/ Fight the DMCA! http://www.anti-dmca.org/ STOP the SSSCA! http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010921_eff_sssca_alert.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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