From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 06:49:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE43A16A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 06:49:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473B643D39 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 06:49:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott@fishballoon.org) Received: from llama.fishballoon.org ([81.104.195.124]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.comESMTP <20040122144907.XXON14639.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@llama.fishballoon.org>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:49:07 +0000 Received: from nat-215.apama.com ([195.153.206.215] helo=UKCAMW105) by llama.fishballoon.org with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1Ajg90-0007Tm-4I; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:49:18 +0000 From: "Scott Mitchell" To: , "'Matthew Seaman'" , "'Adam Bozanich'" Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:48:46 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-reply-to: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcPg8NBrE+BblGymRHqTPwZX6THbDgABFFwg Message-Id: X-Spam-Level: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Status: "llama.fishballoon.org", hasmessageblock similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details.think you are barking up the wrong tree. > I don't think you understand how email servers, > they consider it an security risk to their environment. [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description -------------------------------------------------- cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: sendmail help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:49:30 -0000 owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > I think you are barking up the wrong tree. > I don't think you understand how your ISP works. > ISP's do not allow direct smtp access to their email servers, > they consider it an security risk to their environment. Erm, the OP is trying to send mail, not receive it: >> Hi all. I am having a really hard time getting sendmail to work for >> me. I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp >> account that requires smtp authentication. ISPs generally do allow access to their servers for outgoing mail. Most of them positively encourage it, in fact :-) Scott