From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 13:03:38 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 77AEB37B405 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:03:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 70F1343F85 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:03:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 28216 invoked by uid 65534); 3 Jun 2003 20:03:33 -0000 Received: from i216-58-29-174.gta.igs.net (EHLO [216.58.29.174]) (216.58.29.174) by mail.gmx.net (mp009) with SMTP; 03 Jun 2003 22:03:33 +0200 From: Adam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <000f01c32a08$e0fce180$0164a8c0@colin2> References: <000f01c32a08$e0fce180$0164a8c0@colin2> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1054670613.16970.91.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 03 Jun 2003 16:03:33 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: What the simplest way to do outgoing smtp? 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: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 20:03:38 -0000 On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 15:46, philip payne wrote: > Hi, > > This is a pretty basic question so I don't mind if the answer is an RTFM > style link. ;-) > > I recently obtained some 3rd party POP3 mailboxes unrelated to my current > ISP for email to a new domain... unfortunately my ISP's smtp server doesn't > let me send any email addressed as anything other than it's own users, fair > enough. > > I use FreeBSD as a network gateway and IPFW device but I'm a bit of an SMTP > novice really. > > How and what can I configure to act as a sending SMTP server simply on > FreeBSD? > > I don't need to receive email, the 3rd party will do that and host the POP3 > collection, but I need to be able to send email locally via something other > than my ISP's smtp server. > > The reason I want to do it this way is that the IP address of my FreeBSD box > is DHCP and subject to change, so it isn't suitable as the primary MX record > for the new domain. The absolute EASIEST way to set up SMTP is to use sSMTP .. It might be too simplistic for you, but in many cases it is sufficient for someone who only needs a barebones SMTP solution. http://packages.debian.org/testing/mail/ssmtp.html ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/mail/mta/ -- Adam