From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 20:29:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71300106564A for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:29:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25AF38FC19 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:29:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5NKTIXM061042; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:29:18 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m5NKTGpn061039; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:29:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:29:16 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <20080623141350.9709ced5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Message-ID: References: <20080623070556.GA1618@remdog.net> <485FAA07.5050904@pukruppa.net> <20080623171207.GA1000@remdog.net> <20080623172602.GG27531@ece.pdx.edu> <20080623133033.81f6ff55.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20080623174539.GB1000@remdog.net> <20080623141350.9709ced5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:29:19 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Rem Roberti , FT , FreeBSD Subject: Re: Simple Text Mail Setup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:29:20 -0000 On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Rem Roberti : >>> >>> No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing >>> mail server provided by your ISP. >> >> Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that? > > Oops, I misread your message to be "why" and not "what". > > Steps (as root): > 1) cd /etc/mail > 2) make > 3) Edit [hostname].mc to uncomment the smart_host setting and add your > ISP's server To uncomment, remove "dnl" from beginning of line. > 4) make install > 5) /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart 4) make install restart 5) there is no step 5 -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA