Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:26:02 -0700, FT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? ... Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. Yes. On most residential connections, Comcast blocks port 25 to reduce the spam burden created by compromised hosts. Your options are not to send mail on port 25 (using port 587, for instance, but that makes you unable to communicate with many servers) or to buy business class service from Comcast, if they'll let you. You can try calling support and asking to have 25 unblocked, but I have yet to hear of a case where that was effective. There is another option, which makes sense too: Send all outgoing email to Comcast's mail relay, using `SMART_HOST'. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Rem Roberti wrote: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. You may be looking for nbsmtp (said to stand for no-brainer SMTP). It's in ports. It works good for simple situations, and requires no brains. That's why I use it. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On 6/23/08, Rem Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. Rem Hi Rem, I just installed msmtp this weekend and it seems to work quite well for sending and queing email. Have a look at the examples, you will even be able to queue them offline and send them, when you have an internet connection. I prefer Imap, so instead of fetchmail I use offlineimap. I wanted to be able to use my whole email archive with the notebook. Regards Armando ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:05:56AM -0700, Rem Roberti wrote: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. Rem I use getmail to receive mail, mutt to manage that mail, and msmtp to send mail. Works great. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
In response to Rem Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/outgoing-only.html -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On 2008.06.23 09:31:56 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:05:56AM -0700, Rem Roberti wrote: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. Rem I use getmail to receive mail, mutt to manage that mail, and msmtp to send mail. Works great. Thanks to all who replied. I shall spend today looking into your suggestions, including the handbook. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
Rem Roberti schrieb: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. Probably you only have to type sendmail_enable=YES into your /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Greetings, Uli. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On 2008.06.23 15:49:59 +, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Rem Roberti schrieb: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. Probably you only have to type sendmail_enable=YES into your /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Greetings, Uli. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. Rem Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. I have the feeling that there is a problem with how I am supposed to use my hostname. When I run hostname -r I get .hsd1.ca.comcast.net. As you can tell, I am a relative newbie, and not very well versed in all of these things. But I love the process of trying to get it figured out. Rem Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
... But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? ... Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. Yes. On most residential connections, Comcast blocks port 25 to reduce the spam burden created by compromised hosts. Your options are not to send mail on port 25 (using port 587, for instance, but that makes you unable to communicate with many servers) or to buy business class service from Comcast, if they'll let you. You can try calling support and asking to have 25 unblocked, but I have yet to hear of a case where that was effective. -FT ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
In response to FT [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? ... Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. Yes. On most residential connections, Comcast blocks port 25 to reduce the spam burden created by compromised hosts. Your options are not to send mail on port 25 (using port 587, for instance, but that makes you unable to communicate with many servers) or to buy business class service from Comcast, if they'll let you. You can try calling support and asking to have 25 unblocked, but I have yet to hear of a case where that was effective. No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
Rem Roberti schrieb: On 2008.06.23 15:49:59 +, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Rem Roberti schrieb: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. Probably you only have to type sendmail_enable=YES into your /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Greetings, Uli. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. Rem Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. I have the feeling that there is a problem with how I am supposed to use my hostname. When I run hostname -r I get .hsd1.ca.comcast.net. As you can tell, I am a relative newbie, and not very well versed in all of these things. But I love the process of trying to get it figured out. Rem I don't know mutt, but I guess you should be able to set Comcast's SMTP server somewhere. And: do you need some kind of authentification for it? Uli. Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that? Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 01:30:33PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: In response to FT [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. Yes. Use exactly the same delivery path as a normal PC/Mac email client would use. Deliver to comcast and let them figure out how to deliver, don't be too smart and try to deliver direct yourself. In postfix its the relayhost variable in main.cf. This email was brought to you with mutt and postfix, via smtp.knology.net. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:45:39AM -0700, Rem Roberti wrote: No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that? Google sendmail smart_host. I started using postfix many years ago at the recommendation of a friend who hosts really big mail systems on FreeBSD. The biggest immediate advantage was that I felt the configuration files were easier to read and understand. As I posted earlier, set relayhost = whatever you would put in a conventional email app as the SMTP delivery point and then postfix will send everything there that doesn't belong here. In all probability that is the only edit you will need for postfix. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
on 06-23-2008, Rem Roberti wrote: On 2008.06.23 15:49:59 +, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Rem Roberti schrieb: I am a running a minimalist setup with FreeBSD 7.0. I would like to be able to configure my system to allow me to use a text-based mail client such as Mutt. So far, I am able to receive mail, fetching my pop mail from Comcast via getmail. But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? Sendmail, which of course is included with FreeBSd, seems kind of nightmarish. Probably you only have to type sendmail_enable=YES into your /etc/rc.conf and reboot. Greetings, Uli. At any rate, this is a personal system, and I would like the simplest setup I can get to work. Any info would be much appreciated. Rem Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. I have the feeling that there is a problem with how I am supposed to use my hostname. When I run hostname -r I get .hsd1.ca.comcast.net. As you can tell, I am a relative newbie, and not very well versed in all of these things. But I love the process of trying to get it figured out. Rem Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ I was getting my outgoing email bounced by my ISP and after much research, I came up with this local.mc file. You put this file in /etc/mail named your hostname.local.mc and run make install. This creates the files needed by sendmail. divert(-1) # # Copyright (c) 1983 Eric P. Allman # Copyright (c) 1988, 1993 # The Regents of the University of California. All rights # reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions # are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright #notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright #notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the #documentation and/or other materials provided with the #distribution. # 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this # software #must display the following acknowledgement: # This product includes software developed by the University of # California, Berkeley and its contributors. # 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its # contributors #may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this #software #without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' # AND # ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE # ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE # LIABLE # FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR # CONSEQUENTIAL # DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE # GOODS # OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) # HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, # STRICT # LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY # WAY # OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF # SUCH DAMAGE. # # # This is a generic configuration file for FreeBSD 5.X and later # systems. # If you want to customize it, copy it to a name appropriate for your # environment and do the modifications there. # # The best documentation for this .mc file is: # /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README or # /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README # divert(0) VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc,v 1.30.2.4 2007/11/22 16:20:01 gshapiro Exp $') OSTYPE(freebsd6) DOMAIN(generic) FEATURE(access_db, `hash -o -TTMPF /etc/mail/access') FEATURE(blacklist_recipients) FEATURE(local_lmtp) FEATURE(local_procmail) FEATURE(mailertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable') FEATURE(virtusertable, `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable') dnl Uncomment to allow relaying based on your MX records. dnl NOTE: This can allow sites to use your server as a backup MX without dnl your permission. dnl FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX) dnl DNS based black hole lists dnl dnl DNS based black hole lists come and go on a regular basis dnl so this file will not serve as a database of the available servers. dnl For that, visit dnl http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Abuse/Spam/Blacklists/ dnl Uncomment to activate Realtime Blackhole List dnl information available at http://www.mail-abuse.com/ dnl NOTE: This is a subscription service as of
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
In response to Rem Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that? Without that setting, sendmail will try to send mail _directly_ to its final destination by looking up the MX record. If your workstation (I believe the original thread centered around configuring a workstation to send mail, right?) does not have all the magic stuff in place to get past spam filters, you will get bounced. i.e. if your DNS isn't set up perfectly, or if your IP address is on the list of DHCP addresses, etc. By setting up smart_host, sendmail will send _all_ email to smart_host, which (if your ISP is worth the money you pay for) will have proper DNS and will not be blacklisted or anything, and will reliably forward your mail on for you. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
In response to Rem Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that? Oops, I misread your message to be why and not what. Steps (as root): 1) cd /etc/mail 2) make 3) Edit [hostname].mc to uncomment the smart_host setting and add your ISP's server 4) make install 5) /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart At least, I believe those steps are correct. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
FT wrote: ... But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? ... Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. Yes. On most residential connections, Comcast blocks port 25 to reduce the spam burden created by compromised hosts. Your options are not to send mail on port 25 (using port 587, for instance, but that makes you unable to communicate with many servers) or to buy business class service from Comcast, if they'll let you. You can try calling support and asking to have 25 unblocked, but I have yet to hear of a case where that was effective. -FT As an aside, I recently had a similar problem being able to send e-mail to my host (webgator.com) through Comcast's network -- a Comcast tech suggested using port 26 instead of 25, and that worked for me. -- Ethan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
In response to Ethan Furman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: FT wrote: ... But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? ... Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. Yes. On most residential connections, Comcast blocks port 25 to reduce the spam burden created by compromised hosts. Your options are not to send mail on port 25 (using port 587, for instance, but that makes you unable to communicate with many servers) or to buy business class service from Comcast, if they'll let you. You can try calling support and asking to have 25 unblocked, but I have yet to hear of a case where that was effective. As an aside, I recently had a similar problem being able to send e-mail to my host (webgator.com) through Comcast's network -- a Comcast tech suggested using port 26 instead of 25, and that worked for me. That's exactly the kind of brain-dead answer I'd expect from Comcast. The Internet community comes up with a solution, and publishes the fact that port 587 is specifically _for_ this purpose, yet Comcast suggests 26 ... go figure. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Rem Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that? Oops, I misread your message to be why and not what. Steps (as root): 1) cd /etc/mail 2) make 3) Edit [hostname].mc to uncomment the smart_host setting and add your ISP's server To uncomment, remove dnl from beginning of line. 4) make install 5) /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart 4) make install restart 5) there is no step 5 -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:13:50 -0400 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Rem Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No. What you really want to do is set smart_host to the outgoing mail server provided by your ISP. Please forgive my ignorance here, but how does one accomplish that? Oops, I misread your message to be why and not what. Steps (as root): 1) cd /etc/mail 2) make 3) Edit [hostname].mc to uncomment the smart_host setting and add your ISP's server 4) make install 5) /etc/rc.d/sendmail restart At least, I believe those steps are correct. I believe step four is: make all install restart You then skip step 5. -- Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing. Roy L. Ash, ex-president, Litton Industries signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Ethan Furman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: FT wrote: ... But I can't send mail because the system isn't configured for that, and I'm in the dark as how to accomplish it. Is there somewhere that I can go for info on setting up a simple configuration which will let me send mail from Mutt? ... Well, I have had sendmail enabled, but my outgoing mail gets bounced with a message saying that Comcast has blocked the process. Yes. On most residential connections, Comcast blocks port 25 to reduce the spam burden created by compromised hosts. Your options are not to send mail on port 25 (using port 587, for instance, but that makes you unable to communicate with many servers) or to buy business class service from Comcast, if they'll let you. You can try calling support and asking to have 25 unblocked, but I have yet to hear of a case where that was effective. As an aside, I recently had a similar problem being able to send e-mail to my host (webgator.com) through Comcast's network -- a Comcast tech suggested using port 26 instead of 25, and that worked for me. That's exactly the kind of brain-dead answer I'd expect from Comcast. The Internet community comes up with a solution, and publishes the fact that port 587 is specifically _for_ this purpose, yet Comcast suggests 26 ... go figure. Well, I certainly don't think highly of Comcast as a whole, but in this case they did suggest port 587. Apparently either HostGator doesn't (yet?) support it, or I'm not paying enough to get it. -- Ethan P.S. The correct name is HostGator, not webgator as my original post indicated. oops. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
First of all I want to thank all who responded to my question, but I gotta tell you, if it isn't one thing it's another. I opted to install msmtp, and it did just what I hoped it would do, working perfectly out of the box, including TLS. But now...I can't receive mail. As you recall from my first post I indicated that I could receive email, using mutt and getmail, and indeed I can, on my laptop, which was set up by someone who knew what they were doing. The computer in question is a desktop with a virgin installation of FreeBSD 7.0. I obviously spoke too soon. I have mutt and getmail installed, and now I can send from that computer, but when I try to receive I get error messages (maillog) saying, among other things: DSN:Data format error Invalid hostname stat=User unknown savemail panic savemail cannot save rejected email anywhere I have a feeling that this is a no brainer, probably related to what is or isn't stated in my rc.conf. But my newbieness has me on the ropes once again. Any help would once again be appreciated. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 05:00:52PM -0700, Rem Roberti wrote: First of all I want to thank all who responded to my question, but I gotta tell you, if it isn't one thing it's another. I opted to install msmtp, and it did just what I hoped it would do, working perfectly out of the box, including TLS. But now...I can't receive mail. As you recall from my first post I indicated that I could receive email, using mutt and getmail, and indeed I can, on my laptop, which was set up by someone who knew what they were doing. The computer in question is a desktop with a virgin installation of FreeBSD 7.0. I obviously spoke too soon. I have mutt and getmail installed, and now I can send from that computer, but when I try to receive I get error messages (maillog) saying, among other things: DSN:Data format error Invalid hostname stat=User unknown savemail panic savemail cannot save rejected email anywhere I have a feeling that this is a no brainer, probably related to what is or isn't stated in my rc.conf. But my newbieness has me on the ropes once again. Any help would once again be appreciated. Rem I'm running getmail version 4.7.6. My getmailrc file is i2/home/daf/.getmail}head -40 getmailrc # # This file contains various examples of configuration sections to use # in your getmail rc file. You need one file for each mail account you # want to retrieve mail from. These files should be placed in your # getmail configuration/data directory (default: $HOME/.getmail/). # If you only need one rc file, name it getmailrc in that directory, # and you won't need to supply any commandline options to run getmail. # # # Example 1: simplest case of retrieving mail from one POP3 server and # storing all messages in a maildir. # [retriever] type = SimplePOP3Retriever server = mail.mindspring.com username = [EMAIL PROTECTED] password = ** [destination] type = Maildir path = ~/Maildir/ [options] message_log = ~/.getmail/log delete = true Does this help? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Simple Text Mail Setup
I'm running getmail version 4.7.6. My getmailrc file is i2/home/daf/.getmail}head -40 getmailrc # # This file contains various examples of configuration sections to use # in your getmail rc file. You need one file for each mail account you # want to retrieve mail from. These files should be placed in your # getmail configuration/data directory (default: $HOME/.getmail/). # If you only need one rc file, name it getmailrc in that directory, # and you won't need to supply any commandline options to run getmail. # # # Example 1: simplest case of retrieving mail from one POP3 server and # storing all messages in a maildir. # [retriever] type = SimplePOP3Retriever server = mail.mindspring.com username = [EMAIL PROTECTED] password = ** [destination] type = Maildir path = ~/Maildir/ [options] message_log = ~/.getmail/log delete = true Does this help? Actually, I have getmailrc file with a proven track record, and that is what I am using on this laptop to receive mail from Comcast. I installed the same file on my new installation. No, I think the problem is deeper than that, and has to do with configuring sendmail correctly, and my rc.conf. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]