Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:33:07 +0800 From: Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@realss.com> To: Allan Bowhill <abowhill@blarg.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail to a smarthost? Message-ID: <402753D3.7070000@realss.com> In-Reply-To: <20040209043631.GA75515@kosmos.my.net> References: <LAW11-F9oli1l6aC6nI0005af2f@hotmail.com> <20040209043631.GA75515@kosmos.my.net>
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Allan Bowhill wrote: >On 0, Zhang Weiwu <weiwuzhang@hotmail.com> wrote: >:Hello. In my LAN the DNS server is my ADSL modem ... small device that >:cannot do MX type of address lookup. I wish to configure a fax server >:(FreeBSD 5.2 + Hylafax) in the LAN to send emails to a group of people upon >:receiving fax. The problem is hylafax fax server can only use sendmail to >:send fax notification, but sendmail can send out emails only when it knows >:receipiant's MX ip. >: >:The only way I can think of is to let sendmail send mails by using my ISP's >:smtp server (need login). But I read sendmail(8), I didn't find how to >:configure sendmail to do this, nor did I find such information on the >:handbook. I'm not familiar with sendmail config. >: >:I hope I'm clear:) What should I do now? Do you have something to suggest >:me to read? Thank you. >: > >Try reading Simon Barner's tutorial on setting up FreeBSD for workstations. > >http://home.leo.org/~barner/freebsd/articles/mailsetup/article.html > > Oh this article is really helpful, I'm reading it .. it is really long. But my situation is pertty typical; I believe many people are like me to rely on ISP's authenticated smtp server. Must things be so complicated for those people like me, as said in that article? Isn't there a replacement of sendmail to do simple mail transfer by just asking a smtp server to do everything? Thank you.
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