Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:29:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> To: MatzeLoCal@gmx.de Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [NEWBIE] Using external SMTP-Server for mail Message-ID: <20030731082619.A70519-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <28932.1059632349@www62.gmx.net>
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 MatzeLoCal@gmx.de wrote: > I've gotta question, which may seem very dumb for some of you, but I really > need to know. > > How do I set up mail in FreeBSD that it uses an external mail-server? In my > case I need to send the messages that will send my cron and some apps. But > our Systemadministrator will does not allow me to use the FreeBSD with sendmail > as server, he says that I have to use our M$ Exchange as mail server. > > Thank you very much in advance and sorry for the dumb question. Put the following lines in /etc/rc.conf: sendmail_enable="NO" sendmail_submit_enable="YES" FreeBSD will then run a sendmail daemon listening on the loopback interface for mail submission only. This sendmail process will not be visible from external hosts and will not receive any mail. Regards Konrad Heuer (kheuer2@gwdg.de) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany
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