From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 07:12:43 2003 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 209BD37B401 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:12:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usenet.otenet.gr (usenet.otenet.gr [195.170.0.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0983243F75 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:12:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from thalia.otenet.gr (thalia.otenet.gr [195.170.0.8]) by usenet.otenet.gr (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3BAI1RC007917 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:18:01 +0300 (EEST) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a033.otenet.gr [212.205.215.33]) by thalia.otenet.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3BAGB72022421 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:16:21 +0300 (EEST) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3BAFqud024015 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:16:09 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3B9eUmD023256; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:40:30 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:40:30 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Brian Astill Message-ID: <20030411094030.GA23066@gothmog.gr> References: <20030406225854.GB9824@gothmog.gr> <3E942B3E.20309@adam.com.au> <20030409143657.GA61280@ei.bzerk.org> <3E94A79B.5020205@adam.com.au> <20030409234339.GC33664@gothmog.gr> <3E94C288.5070707@adam.com.au> <20030410112000.I5505@gothmog> <3E95404A.3020003@adam.com.au> <20030410104446.GA21122@gothmog.gr> <3E966D7B.2080407@adam.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E966D7B.2080407@adam.com.au> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sendmail woes 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: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:12:43 -0000 On 2003-04-11 16:53, Brian Astill wrote: > No huge delays - sendmail loads on boot as it should. BUT I still > can't get past my DSL modem :-( > > Note. Mine is a private network and does not have a static IP no, so > you could not resolve it, anyway. > Q. Where could I go from here? Obviously something is still "not right". If you have a dynamic IP address, then you should set Sendmail up to forward all outgoing mail to your ISP's mail gateway. My ISP's mail gateway is mail.otenet.gr and I have a dynamic IP dialup address. All outgoing mail is forwarded to mail.otenet.gr by adding the following in my sendmail.mc file: define(`SMART_HOST', `mail.otenet.gr') > I think there is a command that gives the name if you give the address > and vice versa - but what IS that command? Mind you, I'm not sure > that is an issue. You shouldn't need anything of the sort, unless you regularly use more than one ISP. - Giorgos