Asterisk actualy uses the sendmail as you would in the shell. It is up to sendmail to decided how to process the message, and yes you are right asterisk is *not* the one making the SMTP connection. You can't get asterisk to do it directly since asterisk is not initiating any connections, but submitting it to a program that is, by default that program is sendmail.
On 4/17/06, Steve Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had the same question, and I want to make sure I'm clear..... This > implies to me that Asterisk itself doesn't use SMTP, but rather dumps a > message into some directory that Sendmail on the same box will see and > process? I have no problem getting Sendmail to use a smarthost, but am > I understanding the Asterisk part of this properly, or is there a way to > get Asterisk to DIRECTLY use a smarthost, so that Sendmail doesn't have > to be running on the local Asterisk box? > > Thanks! > -Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: C F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 11:02 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] voicemail use external smtp server for > sendingmail > > Yes, just configure your sendmail to do it. > > On 4/13/06, nik600 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > is it possibile to set up an external smtp server for the relay to the > > users of the mails? > > > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
