Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:41:02 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to forward old root mails to an external email address? Message-ID: <20110223224102.efb64d4c.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <764705.98740.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <AANLkTi=KzYd%2BHpozAGqoTL7a7w0Smvn3=QENbmjzZTeo@mail.gmail.com> <1298158643.73477.1.camel@z6000.lenzicasa> <764705.98740.qm@web36504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:32:03 -0800 (PST), Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> wrote: > The only problem with this is that unlike 10 years ago, today almost all ISP's > block anything coming down port 25 unless you have an account that allows your > e-mail server to work. And they of course charge for this. I used to enjoy my > own private e-mail server but these days if the ISP's don't charge you for it > they block it. This is sadly true and possibly the result of spamming traditionally coming from compromised home PCs. Some providers offer you to use their MX, so if you're using sendmail as MTA, let it hand its messages to your ISP's MX as a realy which will then identify by a "good IP". This can be configured in your sendmail's mc as follows: define(`SMART_HOST', `mx.your.isp.blah') Note that most relays will only accept messages coming from the respective ISP's net, so when you try to use it from a different ISP, it will deny your access. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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