Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 17:17:57 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Richard Shea <freebsdQ0@richardshea.fastmail.fm> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mail vs SMTP [newbieish tendencies] Message-ID: <3E667795.9000304@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20030305220214.DA0634E996@server2.fastmail.fm> References: <20030305220214.DA0634E996@server2.fastmail.fm>
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Richard Shea wrote: > Hi - I've got a FreeBSD machine from which I can use 'Mail' to send > emails to any internet email address. However when I try to use it as a > SMTP server from within the LAN the connection times out. > > I'm sure there are many places I could look for a solution but I just > wanted to check one thing. If I can use 'Mail' to send emails does this > imply that the FreeBSD box is running a SMTP server which could send mail > on behalf of clients (within the LAN)? No. Sendmail can be run in different modes. It's likely that yours is configured for local mail submission only. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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