From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 09:15:54 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 3DAAF16A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:15:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.tsgincorporated.com (mail.tsgincorporated.com [67.66.242.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A373243D1F for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:15:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: (from root@localhost) by mail.tsgincorporated.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) id i0MHExKj086245; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:14:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Received: from micheal (micheal.tsgincorporated.com [67.66.242.77]) i0MHEuKZ086221; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:14:56 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from micheal@tsgincorporated.com) Message-ID: <873c01c3e10b$422ed080$4df24243@tsgincorporated.com> From: "Micheal Patterson" To: "Matthew Seaman" , "fbsd_user" References: <20040122223955.C532-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> <20040122165720.GA87994@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:14:25 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12 cc: Dinesh Nair cc: Adam Bozanich 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 17:15:54 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Seaman" To: "fbsd_user" Cc: "Dinesh Nair" ; "Adam Bozanich" ; Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:57 AM Subject: Re: sendmail help? On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:43:45AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: >> I believe the original poster was asking about >> using sendmail to retrieve email from his ISP's smtp server. And >> it's still a lot easier to install fetchmail than to reinstall >> sendmail. >The OP said: > >> I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp account that >> requires smtp authentication. >> >Which part of "outgoing" are you having difficulty understanding? > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK Apparently he's having trouble understanding a number of things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if he's a troll or not. To assist the OP on this issue, check out this link: http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html#DefaultAuthInfo Within that site, it will give you assistance in setting up sendmail to act as an smtp client using smtp-auth. DefaultAuthInfo (confDEF_AUTH_INFO) specifies a file in which the authorization identity, the authentication identity, the secret, and the realm to be used for authentication are stored. This file must be in a safe directory and unreadable by everyone except root (or TrustedUser). It is used when sendmail acts as a client to authenticate itself to a server. Example: admin admin MySecretPassword example.domain Notes: all data is case sensitive (usually) and the entire line is used in each case (including any white space!). recommended filename: /etc/mail/default-auth-info I trust this is what the OP's original intentions were. -- Micheal Patterson TSG Network Administration 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.