port submission issues - sendmail setup

[Rodrigo OSORIO]

On 18/07/13 00:40 +1000, R Skinner wrote:
> This has been a real fiasco to send one around the bend.
> 
> I'm trying to quickly submit a port and I used the send-pr this time and 
> attached my shar as opposed to using the web form, except my sendmail is 
> being rejected because it is a firewalled host and can't be found.
> 
> So I spent several hours trying to get my head around sendmail and the 
> security involved and setup the 'smart host' option. Eventually this 
> worked, and sent to my mail gateway which is postfix.
> 
> I then checked the pr list - still not there. So I checked the mailq on 
> the gateway and it still says its looking for the firewalled host! Arrrgh!
> 
> I'm not up to speed on sendmail at all, so can someone tell what potion 
> I've got to pour into this thing so the send-pr will work correctly 
> without opening any security flaws or access outside of 127.0.0.1?
> 
> Cheers
> (Please cc - thx)
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Hi,

Why didn't you try the www interface[1] ?
Don't forget to add a .txt extention to your shar file :)

If you really want to use sendmail, I can send you my own config
files.

Regards
- rodrigo

[1] http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html