Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:34:20 +0800 From: "jan gestre" <freebsd.ph@gmail.com> To: "Charles Swiger" <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Chris T." <cdtelting-ml@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Configure postfix to forward to isp smtp server? Message-ID: <a25afc300607270834j75b9709dnb288c97ea15ebb27@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D4CECDB4-81CF-413A-A93B-459D53AAA5DF@mac.com> References: <44C7E2B2.2020505@comcast.net> <D4CECDB4-81CF-413A-A93B-459D53AAA5DF@mac.com>
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On 7/27/06, Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > > On Jul 26, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Chris T. wrote: > > I am trying to create a home mail gateway. First thing is getting > > it to relay messages to my ISP as if I had connected directly to > > the isp in the first place. > > Set: > > relayhost = [mailserver.isp.net] > > ...in main.cf. > > > That is without adding any information to headers to reveal that it > > went through my smtp server. > > It's a requirement for MTAs to add Received: headers as the mail > passes through them to avoid mailing loops. Trying to subvert this > is a bad idea... > > > I also want to create a repositry of sent email for logging > > purposes. I'm trying to look up the documentation and searching > > for messages that would answer what I want to do but it's a chicken > > and egg senerio in that I don't know the correct terms for the > > answers to search to find the answers. Any help is appreciated. > > Normally, your mail client will keep track of all Sent messages if > you configure it properly. That's a better choice than having the > MTA do it, but you can look into the content_filter mechanism to > archive mail which passes through if you really want to do so. > > also make sure that your isp allows mail forwarding. >
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