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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:58:36 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Config. FreeBSD to use an external mail server
Message-ID:  <20020220185836.GH3600@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020220121350.03569200@pop.earthlink.net>
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 12:15:57PM -0500, B.K. DeLong wrote:
> Hi all -
> 
> I've been trying to figure out how to send mail out of my mailserver 
> without running smtp or POP services.
> 
> Basically, I want to do the following:
> 
> mail -s "New IP" bkdelong@pobox.com < /.currentip
> 
> How do I configure "mail" to use an external SMTP server??
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
You will have to use some kind of MTA to talk SMTP to an 
external server. Or write a script that talks enough SMTP
to send the message to the external server... :)

-- 
Regards
   Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>

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