> Gagan> Hi Folks! I want to know wether sendmail can/should be
> Gagan> used from a PC or not ?
Can?
Used it for quite sometime, So it can be used.
should?
Depends on whom you send mail to, many(don't know how many) mail hosts
refuse to accept mail from SMTP servers that do not have a valid DNS
reverse lookup.
> Theoretically, yes. However I believe VSNL mail servers will not
> relay mail for clients
if VSNL mail servers are to be used to relay mail then why use sendmail,
unless some special reason exists.
> You could also try the MTNL dial-up mail servers, as far as I remember
> they will relay mail any and all messages for MTNL dial-up users.
Hmmm.. is that so ? Its a bad idea.
>
> Gagan> Has anybody configured sendmail on his PC in order to relay
> Gagan> outbound/internet bound mails through an SMTP server ?
> Uh, just a few billion people, I guess :)
That was a norm before people started blocking known dial-up IP pools by
zillions.
Tarun Dua
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