> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:13:06 +0530 (IST) > From: Ajit Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: am being black-holed - help > > > since i can't use my dialup isp's smtp service (they will only relay mail > with a return address of vsnl.com), i run my own smtp server on my linux > box. > > but recently many destinations (including rediff, vsnl etc) are simply > rejecting my emails, since the vsnl dialup pool of dynamic IP's are in the > spam black lists. one of the explanations is as follows: > > so how do i setup a smarthost on my linux box? i guess exim has an option, > but if someone could just give me the magic steps that would be a great > help. >
Check the sendmail mc page at http://www.sendmail.org/m4/ Use something like: define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp:fire.wall.com') in sendmail.mc before regenerating the sendmail.cf file ********************************************************************************* I publically discourage everybody from using VSNL( now TATA-Indicom) ISP accounts. They have inherited the monopolistic attitude of the Raj days. One one hand they dont allow their own subscribers to relay mail which do not have a vsnl.com/vsnl.net domain in the From: address. On the other hand they have voluntarily submitted all their dialup IPs to DUL. *Both* of these constraints make them a very unusable ISP forcing people to do either direct-to-mx mailing(which is stringly discouraged) or to incur additional charge for buying 3rd party SMTP services. Boycott VSNL/Tata-Indicom!!!! ********************************************************************************* - Sandip -- Sandip Bhattacharya sandip (at) puroga.com Puroga Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Work: http://www.puroga.com Home: http://www.sandipb.net GPG: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
