sendmail to a smarthost?
Zhang Weiwu
zhangweiwu at realss.com
Sun Feb 8 19:57:04 PST 2004
Alex de Kruijff wrote:
>On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:31:10PM +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote:
>
>
>>Hello. In my LAN the DNS server is my ADSL modem ... small device that
>>cannot do MX type of address lookup. I wish to configure a fax server
>>(FreeBSD 5.2 + Hylafax) in the LAN to send emails to a group of people upon
>>receiving fax. The problem is hylafax fax server can only use sendmail to
>>send fax notification, but sendmail can send out emails only when it knows
>>receipiant's MX ip.
>>
>>The only way I can think of is to let sendmail send mails by using my ISP's
>>smtp server (need login). But I read sendmail(8), I didn't find how to
>>configure sendmail to do this, nor did I find such information on the
>>handbook. I'm not familiar with sendmail config.
>>
>>I hope I'm clear:) What should I do now? Do you have something to suggest
>>me to read? Thank you.
>>
>>
>
>To create your own sendmail configure file:
>
>1. cd /etc/mail/
>2. make && make install
>3. vi /etc/mail/<hostname>.mc
>
>This configuration has a example on how to use the SMART_HOST option. I'm
>not sure about how to login. Then after you have configured it all do:
>
>1. cd /etc/mail/
>2. make && make install && make restart
>
>
Yes there is a SMART_HOST option, but where to config the login and
sender's address?
My ISP restricts both smtp username/password and sender's email address.
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