Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:49:01 +0100 From: Joe Kraft <hishadow@netcabo.pt> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail from 4.10-STABLE firewall Message-ID: <cggd4d$3l1$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <412A017F.5020201@mac.com> References: <cgavj0$a3l$1@sea.gmane.org> <412A017F.5020201@mac.com>
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Chuck Swiger wrote: > Joe Kraft wrote: > >> I'm using a 4.10-STABLE based firewall, which is happily chugging >> along. It's sending it's daily messages to a local account via >> sendmail, which I check by logging in using an ssh connection. > > [ ... ] > >> 3) Is there a way to convince sendmail to send to something like >> foo@10.0.0.55? I could just put that in my existing aliases file and >> not have to install anything more. > > > The key part of your request is answered by using IP addrs in square > brackets, which will not require DNS MX or A lookups. So, add something > like: > > foo@[10.0.0.55] > > ...to the ~/.forward file of root or wherever the mail is going to now. > Yes, you could put this in the aliases, or even use a mailertable to > redirect all local mail to the other system. > I tried doing it that way and it wouldn't go out either. I wound up adding the 10.0.0.55 server to /etc/hosts and letting sendmail do it's lookup there. I never convinced sendmail to send to to the user foo on the 10.0.0.55 server, is that supposed to be possible? Joe.
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