See the section in /etc/sendmail.cf as follows:
# Smart relay host (may be null)
DSmail.yourisp.com
Set to your ISP's mail server name, and sendmail should try to forward
thru it.
Thanks,
This works. Although, the proper prefix was smtp for comcast.net.
Joel
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003
Comcast should have provided you with an SMTP mail server which they would lock down
their relay-domains file to allow. You don't want to get into the reverse-lookup
world, because many MTA's lookup against an RBL (Realtime Black List) specifically for
dialup/broadband IP ranges. If your IP
On 01/30/2003 01:35 AM, ronnie gauthier wrote:
If comcast allows what you are doing it may be as simple as asking them to put
you into their reverse lookup table.
This is one option, but if it is a typical cable ISP, it's not likely to
happen.
I am on comcast cable. I run sendmail to
My ip is dynamic. It doesn't change much, but it can change.
Joel
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:15:22AM -0500, John Voigt wrote:
On 01/30/2003 01:35 AM, ronnie gauthier wrote:
If comcast allows what you are doing it may be as simple as asking them to put
you into their reverse lookup table.
This is a common anti-spammer tactic. If the previous caller's
smarthost suggestion doesn't work you'll either need an MX record (sort
of a pain with a dynamic address) or you'll have to find out how to use
comcast's SMTP server directly. Unless they're contracting with MSN
this shouldn't be too
Or even Netscape/Mozilla mail.
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Aaron Grewell wrote:
This is a common anti-spammer tactic. If the previous caller's
smarthost suggestion doesn't work you'll either need an MX record (sort
of a pain with a dynamic address) or you'll have to find out how to use
comcast's
If comcast allows what you are doing it may be as simple as asking them to put
you into their reverse lookup table.
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:01:29 -0500 - Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
the following
Re: Sendmail: Proxy server or whatever
I am on comcast cable. I run sendmail to directly
