Re: Using sendmail as outbound MTA, but with SSL
- Reply: Matthias Apitz : "Re: Using sendmail as outbound MTA, but with SSL"
- In reply to: Polytropon : "Re: Using sendmail as outbound MTA, but with SSL"
- Go to: [ bottom of page ] [ top of archives ] [ this month ]
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:35:33 UTC
> > have to bypass sendmail with a configuration in mutt to send mails to > > smtp.1blu.de:465 > > My question is, is there a way to configure sendmail to use SSL port 465 > > to the remote mail HUB? > 4. enable services in file /etc/rc.conf > > sendmail_enable="YES" > saslauthd_enable="YES" I installed sendmail package from pkg.freebsd.org (`pkg install sendmail`, no recompile). It installed dependencies cyrus-sasl and cyrus-sasl-saslauthd, but I don't start saslauthd daemon. I have also openssl package installed for fetch-mail function of my MUA (mutt), but I'm not sure whether it's relevant for sendmail and sasl (I guess not). In /etc/mail/HOSTNAME.mc : insert: dnl Matthias begin define(`confEBINDIR', `/usr/local/libexec') define(`confTRUSTED_USERS', `matthias')dnl username: the human user running MUA define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp8:[smtp.1blu.de]') define(`SMTP8_MAILER_ARGS', `TCP $h 465') define(`confDH_PARAMETERS', `2')dnl UPDATING 20150614 dnl Matthias end comment out: dnl(Matthias) DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=IPv6, Family=inet6, Modifiers=O') In /etc/mail/access : AuthInfo:smtp.1blu.de "U:username" "P:password" "M:PLAIN LOGIN" /etc/mail/mailer.conf : sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail hoststat /usr/local/sbin/sendmail purgestat /usr/local/sbin/sendmail cd /etc/mail make all install restart In /etc/rc.conf : sendmail_enable="NO" # that still starts two sendmail daemons I think that's all.