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Date:      Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:13:50 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        Rem Roberti <rem@remdog.net>
Cc:        FT <freebsd@t41t.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
Message-ID:  <20080623141350.9709ced5.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080623174539.GB1000@remdog.net>
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In response to Rem Roberti <rem@remdog.net>:
> > 
> > No.  What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing
> > mail server provided by your ISP.
> 
> Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that?

Oops, I misread your message to be "why" and not "what".

Steps (as root):
1) cd /etc/mail
2) make
3) Edit [hostname].mc to uncomment the smart_host setting and add your
   ISP's server
4) make install
5) /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart

At least, I believe those steps are correct.

-- 
Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com



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