Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 12:45:34 -0400 From: Tom Ryan <tomryan@crazy.rutgers.edu> To: Plyaskin Sergey <splyaski@cmp.com> Cc: "' freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>, "' majordomo-users@greatcircle.com'" <majordomo-users@GreatCircle.COM>, Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Subject: Re: mail server Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9505191204.A15978-0100000@crazy.rutgers.edu> In-Reply-To: <2FBCE4E6@mailgate.cmp.com>
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Ok, Majordomo is just a series of scripts that interact with sendmail if you are currently able to "use" sendmail, you should have no problem with majordomo, if however you are unable to use sendmail (or any of the other various mail progs (as specified in your majordomo.cf file) you will not be able to get it to work. i.e. majordomo *requires* a mail program, it can not send direct. -tom On Fri, 19 May 1995, Plyaskin Sergey wrote: > > This is a question to mail gurus (but maybe not just to them): > > My goal is to set up majordomo server on my FreeBSD 2.0-950412 box. It will > be a dedicated machine, i.e. no other stuff will be running there except > sendmail, at least for now. > > I'm talking to Internet through a gateway. The filtering on this gateway is > currently set up so that it only listens to my machine on the port 25. My > FreeBSD machine is also open for FTP and Telnet sessions but only for > several internal (local) hosts. > > QUESTION: Do I need any other ports open on the gateway in order to send the > mail in and out? > > Right now, I can't do it. > P.S. my machine IS connected to our DNS server and recognizes the outer > mailhosts correctly, it just seems to be unable to connect to them. Thanks > for any advice. I'm not currently subscribed to majordomo-users list, so > please respond directly. > > -Serge splyaski@cmp.com >
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