From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 14:42:07 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 315CD37B404 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:42:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D7B43F3F for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 14:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h53Lg2i9053303; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:42:03 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h53Lg2EZ053302; Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:42:02 +1200 (NZST) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:42:02 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: philip payne Message-ID: <20030603214202.GA53272@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <000f01c32a08$e0fce180$0164a8c0@colin2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000f01c32a08$e0fce180$0164a8c0@colin2> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 21:42:07 -0000 On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:46:51PM +0100, 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? The default FreeBSD installation alreay has sendmail running, and that's usually enough to handle outgoing mail. This means you can just configure your mail-client to use "localhost" as your SMTP server; problems may arise if the receiving SMTP servers have recipient checks on incoming IP-address (eg: the FreeBSD lists' SMTP servers). Give it a go and see what happens. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people"