Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:09:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (Freebsd Questions) Subject: sendmail, fetchmail, DNS(?), lions, tigers,.... Message-ID: <200006170509.AAA25008@sullivan.realtime.net>
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Hi gang, I am attempting to get fetchmail and sendmail working. Here is what I want to do: 1. Use fetchmail to POP my mail from my ISP to machine2. 2. Use sendmail to route any mail it doesn't recognise as local to my ISP SMNP server, where it is mailed as having been sent by brucegb@bga.com, NOT brucegb@machine2.my.domain! I want to be able to read and send mail on my machine2, store it locally, and generally not log in just to read my mail. News is a different problem... My configuration: domain: my.domain machine1 - 192.168.1.1 - natd, ipfw, pppd, routed machine2 - 192.168.1.2 - ipfw, routed -q, sendmail, fetchmail laptop - 192.168.1.3 - N/A to the problem I use pppd on machine1 to dial my ISP, handle routing info, natd and run the main firewall. I want my mail to arrive on machine2, which is where I am running sendmail and fetchmail. Fetchmail(.rc) is configured and working. It fetches mail from my ISP. Where it goes then, however, is another story. I can't find it... Sendmail(.cf) _seems_ to be working, but since I am not really sure what I am doing, that is a loaded statement. :-) Certainly I can talk to it via the SNMP port, and have it deliver mail from just about any fictious rascal I want. /etc/aliases file is mostly stock, with the addition of: root: brucegb@machine2.my.domain Questions: 1. Do I need my own private DNS server running ala the discussion in "The Complete FreeBSD", Chapter 25, for my fiefdom, so there is a MX record for sendmail? As I said, mail for brucegb@bga.com is not to be found on brucegb@machine2.my.domain. Clearly a configuration problem. Where? What? 2. Do I need my own private DNS server to help sendmail send mail back to my ISP SNMP server? I was under the impression that was what masquerading in sendmail.cf was for, now I am not sure... 3. How the hell do I get what I want to do work!?!?! :-) And tutorials, configurations, suggestions (EXCEPT! rtfm), tips, etc. might be gladly accepted. :-) Oh, heck, one more question: Anybody get pppd to demand dial from behind natd? I can start Netscape on machine2, but I never got pppd do demand dial on machine1... Thank you, Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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