On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 22:57, Subhobroto Sinha wrote: > Hello > > Well, thanks to spammers, you just cannot use SMTP > servers like 'mail.yahoo.com' to send mail from your > handwritten email clients anymore.
Handwritten e-mail client?? > However, I am aware that it might be possible to setup > a SMTP Relay server on my own machine, in which case I > will be able to DIRECTLY send email WITHOUT requiring > a valid SMTP server ! > Using a local relay from a dial-up IP has its drawbacks too. Some sites like gmx.net don't accept mails coming from dial-up IP pools. Best is to use your ISPs relay or find a smarthost for yourself. Is it the fact of the delay in sending mails that bother you or is it the amount of spam that you receive. > I hope you people might be able to help me out. If you > can offer/point me to source code for a Local SMTP > Relay server, that will simply be great. > There are tons of them available. You can use your sendmail/postfix servers that come with your distibution or install one like qmail. Use google to do your searching. > But then, a nice little tutorial to achieve the same > using (freely) available tools is also very welcome. > Using google and searching through mailing list archives is a virtue. Cheers, Animesh -- Animesh Bansriyar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://neolinuxsolutions.com, +91-651-3112497, 3122401. Linux Intranet/Internet Servers, Specialised E-mail Setups, Enterprise Database and Directory Services, Linux Application Development and Commercial Support for Free/OpenSource Software -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
