Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 03:43:55 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: sendmail Message-ID: <31C269BB.F79@ime.net>
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I'm trying to figure out how to setup my FreeBSD 2.1r box
as a mail server for my lan! (Amoungest other things :)
Is sendmail the proper tool for this!
I've read the man page and Nemeth but I can't seem to make it work!
At least from Winbloze stations. Only os I have to send tests
from!
I really can't elaborate with error messages as Winbloze is to
stupid to give details!
It just tells me:
Cannot connect to xxx, make sure your account info is accurate.
On the FBSD box:
``user@localhost`` works.
``user@host.domain`` works
``user@domain`` doesn't work. Produces errors in maillog that
say something about routes back to myself.
Yet I can ftp, telnet, http to domain and it works!
ie: http://domain
http://www
http://www.domain
I don't know if that means if anything, Just though I'd throw it
out there!
sendmail is right out of the box! except for one minor change:
/etc/sysconfig
sendmail_flags="-bd"
versus
sendmail_flags="-bd -q30m"
I do have a HD on the shelf that has FBSD 2.0r on it and could
stuff it in a system for testing if need be!
I really don't want to go through this to test!
Just praying that some kind soul will assist.. :)
I hope to be able to get FBSD to automajically send/retrive my mail
from my ISP.
Yet be able to send/read from any workstation on the lan.
In a store and forward sort of way I guess.
I also plan on using the FBSD box as a gateway (I think gateway is
what I want??) to also allow any of my workstations access to the
internet via FBSD ppp connection! For web crawling, etc... etc...
My ISP passes out dynamic IP's.
I don't have a valid IP or domainename!
user ppp is installed and working.
(No protection yet, So I don't leave home :)
Anybody interested in pointing out the path I should take to
accomplish the above goals?
I would surly appreciate the help.
Thanks
Gary
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