Hi, You should set up a local smtp mail relay...I use sendmail. Add your local domain in "/etc/sendmail.cw". You can check your sendmail configuration by using the -bv option. e.g. sendmail -bv [EMAIL PROTECTED] It should say that its deliverable and the mailer is local. sendmail -bv [EMAIL PROTECTED] It should say that its deliverable and the mailer is smtp or some external mailing protocol set up in your configuration file. To solve your mail relay problem, you need to enable sendmail to allow relaying from your clients in your network. The relevant file is "/etc/mail/access". Add something like: 192.168.1 RELAY Don't forget to run make in that directory. This will allow sendmail to relay mail for your clients in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet. For your information, pppd also supports demand dialing. You might not need to use diald (and add another layer of complexity) if you don't need the extra functionality. I can't remember which version of pppd started supporting this option, but the version with my RedHat 6.0 - 2.3.7 - does. Check out the "demand" option using "man pppd". -kokmeng. -----Original Message----- From: Hoo Kok Mun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 8:01 AM Subject: [lugs] Diald and Sendmail >Hi there, > >This may not be directly related to diald. >Hope some of you out there experience this before and shed some light. > >I am using IP masquerading and diald for my network to access the internet. > >Everything works fine except for the local mail that was send out the the >internet and back to the local server. > >Question; >How do I prevent local mails from sending out to the internet and then back >to the local mail server? > >Here is the brief setup: >Local Site-> Linux Server (diald+ IP Masq) -> ISP > >Linux Server domain - domain.local >Internet Domain - domain.com.sg > >Their current email pop client setup: >(This setup works well with all internet address but local mail gets sent >out too) >"Incoming mail server' - domain.local >(i used fetchmail to collect the mail from the domain.com.sg) >"Outgoing mail server" - coname.com.sg >User return address - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >User email address - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I tried to change the "Outgoing mail server" to domain.local >(works well with local mail but internet mails got relaying denied 550 error) >It works if I put the domains in the /etc/mail/relay-domains. >e.g - I can send to abc.com.sg if I have an entry(abc.com.sg) >in the relay-domains > >Where should I go and look for to solve this problem? > >I read somewhere about smarthost on sendmail.cf. >Is this the file that I need to modify? > >Thanks in advance. > > >*************************************************************** >"The man who does not read good books has no advantage >over the man who can't read them." >Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Home Page : http://home.pacific.net.sg/~hkmun >*************************************************************** > >- >To unsubscribe send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >unsubscribe slugnet in the body of the mail. > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-diald" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
