Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:01:09 +0100 From: Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: CorrieS@mktv.co.za Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMTP and POP3 Message-ID: <12316682488.20020325180109@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <OF423699F3.19F0D5E1-ON42256B87.0043B173@mktv.co.za> References: <OF423699F3.19F0D5E1-ON42256B87.0043B173@mktv.co.za>
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Hello CorrieS, Monday, March 25, 2002, 1:39:36 PM, you wrote: Cmcz> Hello. Cmcz> I am new to UNIX and have chosen to use FreeBSD as a learning platform. Welcome at FreeBSD! Cmcz> I have installed FreeBSD release 4.4 on a pentium 133MHz with Cmcz> 16Mb ram. When logged onto the BSD box ,using telnet, I can use Cmcz> sendmail to send a message to a user that I have created and Cmcz> receive it over the network where I am working in windows xp. I Cmcz> have already set up POP3 which I have downloaded from the Cmcz> internet. But I cannot send e-mail from my windows xp computer Cmcz> to say a different user on the BSD box. Cmcz> It also my be possible that sendmail is not set up correctly. Cmcz> It is starting up without popping up some kind of error, like Cmcz> named or dhcpd will do. The problem is that everything is closed to prevent open relays that can be used for spam. You sould be able If you add the following to the file /ect/mail/access 192.168.31 RELAY (note the missing numbers) You also may need to update you DNS. Then you can send mail from you client to you server. I never did any real test from the outside, so i don't know how to set this up. It may depend on your ISP. Only do this for ip addresses you trust 100%!! Or you may create a closed relay that could be used for spam. Cmcz> My question to you guru's... Cmcz> I know that I can always use qmail but if I want to use sendmail, can the Cmcz> pop3 daemon receive e-mail as well as send? This sould not be possible. SMTP is used to send mail to your mailboxes. POP is used to retrieve it from you mail box. Cmcz> If so and if it is my sendmail that is giving me problems, what Cmcz> is the key elements to look for when configuring sendmail? It bin to long ago for me to answer this. I hope you find any of this use full. You can find more information here: http://www.sendmail.org/ -- Best regards, Alex mailto:freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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