From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 8 21:44:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5FA416A418 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp115.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (smtp115.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com [69.147.64.88]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9ED1E13C448 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:44:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 86329 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2007 21:44:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:In-Reply-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=pZmG9jg904Ag0/1oHB2UM3lD9r/m3tJIQS8Rtt/mWzJNkkzWsLk9S+/nx6Y6VxMf3/5T+NaiYxPOQVVZjjy+rMr1gsf+SgWSkKnvbA8TcFaOymbWFbPXLjtg9cGpi+cvLjCjyIWEpB6EDvwMD//35tAYLyJnq8Na1gYDSr9zS5U= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp115.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Dec 2007 21:44:00 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 38zx8H0VM1mdi_7qkqC9Se.qVX2tggAi6HqpUd1cB9t_bwO1B4Xn4f8yn6hD1Nd3JSbwWvNs9w-- In-Reply-To: <14989d6e0712081221s7997cbb6jfafcc7a0ccb6d2b2@mail.gmail.com> References: <31322205af1848d55900544163c31dd3@prodigy.net> <14989d6e0712081221s7997cbb6jfafcc7a0ccb6d2b2@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:45:17 -0800 To: "Christian Walther" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: relay host in sendmail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:44:01 -0000 On Dec 8, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Christian Walther wrote: > Hi, > > On 08/12/2007, jekillen wrote: >> Hello: >> I am using Absolute BSD, Second Ed. >> and am looking in the section on Sendmail. >> I cannot find where to specify a relay host. >> I have a hosts that originate mail to remote >> recipients but use a mail hub (Postfix) on >> another machine on local network to >> relay this mail to the outside. It is not spam. >> These messages will be used to verify web >> client supplied e-mail addresses. >> Thank you in advance; >> Jeff K >> > > you can specify a smart host in sendmail.mc (or the mc-file created > for your host). The macro you need is already in there, you just need > to uncomment it. It's something like: > > dnl Dialup users should uncomment and define this appropriately > define(`SMART_HOST', `your.relay.host') > This looks like it is for dial up modem connection to an isp's mail servers. But I do not see why it would not work for a relay host on the local network. I have static ip addresses on DSL service. I will have to refresh my memory on what is a smart host. This relay host would also relay the response to an email verification message back to the originating host. And I am guessing that would be a virtual domain alias in the relay host. I am learning as I go along. Thank you for your help. Much appreciated Jeff K