Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:24:45 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software to SEND log files only? Message-ID: <20100922152445.f72f7925.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20100922063320.00007843@unknown> References: <AANLkTi=R0ve=SuOFS8H2Dz2j3vQkS_nxOn%2BYSKid6eZm@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTik6BQtFxXU54EO-Dk6fUiLrsFbAf8Cox1HLDZBU@mail.gmail.com> <20100922063320.00007843@unknown>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:33:20 +0100, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote: > Most mail servers will block sendmail's connections from a dynamic IP: > the advantage to ssmtp is that it forwards mail to the ISP's server. That's sadly true (mostly because of the amounts of spam produced by ordinary PCs on dynamic IPs). But sendmail has a fine solution for that, erm, problem: define(`SMART_HOST', `mx.foo.bar') It's often useful to have the ISP's MX handle that problem, as it usually has a static IP and is "widely accepted". :-) This workaround makes it possible again to use basic techniques of communications that were common in "the good days", as it should be. This way plain sendmail can be used. Maybe masquerading envelope is also needed, but I'm not entirely sure. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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