+++ Joe Kraft [freebsd] [24-08-04 22:49 +0100]: | | | Chuck Swiger wrote: | >Joe Kraft wrote: | > | >>I'm using a 4.10-STABLE based firewall, which is happily chugging | >>along. It's sending it's daily messages to a local account via | >>sendmail, which I check by logging in using an ssh connection. | > | >[ ... ] | > | >>3) Is there a way to convince sendmail to send to something like | >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] I could just put that in my existing aliases file and | >>not have to install anything more. | > | > | >The key part of your request is answered by using IP addrs in square | >brackets, which will not require DNS MX or A lookups. So, add something | >like: | > | >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | >...to the ~/.forward file of root or wherever the mail is going to now. | >Yes, you could put this in the aliases, or even use a mailertable to | >redirect all local mail to the other system. | > | | I tried doing it that way and it wouldn't go out either. I wound up | adding the 10.0.0.55 server to /etc/hosts and letting sendmail do it's | lookup there. I never convinced sendmail to send to to the user foo on | the 10.0.0.55 server, is that supposed to be possible? | | Joe.
try: > echo "this is a test mail" | mail "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (works in tcsh) Regards, Shantanu _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
