Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 20:47:20 -0500 From: Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail without (real) hostname? Message-ID: <3DC9C628.7080008@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <3DC9A3B4.1030303@cox.net> References: <3DC9A3B4.1030303@cox.net> <omn0omnpzf.0om@localhost.localdomain>
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Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Ray Kohler writes: > > > >Is there any way to get outgoing mail working on a system with a dynamic > >IP and no DNS entries? Mail is sent as it is but of course no one will > >relay it. > > > >All I really want is the ability to use send-pr so I can send patches > >without having them mangled by line-wrapping. > > > If I understand the question, change the default /etc/mail/freebsd.mc: > > < dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `your.isp.mail.server') > --- > > >define(`SMART_HOST', `yourISPsMailHost.yourISP.net') > > > And rebuild the two sendmail .cf files in that dir following the README > and maybe the sendmail manpage. You'll probably have to use "sendmail" > vars from /etc/default/rc.conf and (re)start some sendmail daemons. > It's nasty and I didn't take notes. > > And I doubt if send-pr will work without your deciphering the script > to see if it can be fooled with environmental vars or you could modify > it. I've always just edited a copy of a template PR and then mailed it. You do understand the question but this doesn't help me. My ISP is refusing to relay for me just as well as any third-party servers. We're not expected/intended to send mail that way so they're not set up to do so. - @ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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