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Date:      Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:29:16 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
Cc:        Rem Roberti <rem@remdog.net>, FT <freebsd@t41t.com>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806231427350.61024@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080623141350.9709ced5.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Bill Moran wrote:

> 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

To uncomment, remove "dnl" from beginning of line.

> 4) make install
> 5) /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart

4) make install restart
5) there is no step 5

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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