As a member of TriLUG you also can use TriLUG's mail servers to relay your mail. Since TriLUG runs a secure Mail server it's safe to use and it resolve properly to aol, compuserv, etc.
On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 23:05, Turnpike Man wrote: > cool... I think I'll just have to add aol, compuserv, earthlink and let the > remaining continue to use my own SMTP. Yes, lots better to have your own > control and not have to worry about someone else's availability, queue size, > etc. > > So far aol is not rejecting me, but if I were actually writing someone there > regularly, I suppose that might change! > > thanks, > David M. > > --- Joseph Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp-server.nc.rr.com') in sendmail.mc > > sets smtp-server.nc.rr.com as the first hop in all but local mail delivery. > > > > As for the aol.com mail relay rule: it's not sendmail.cf, it's > > /etc/mail/mailertable, but then you have to run make to generate the > > proper mailertable.db. But you will have to use it as follows: > > aol.com smtp:smtp-server.nc.rr.com > > > > Of course you're going to need add a line for each of aol, compuserv, > > earthlink and anyone else who blocks from a dynamic IP. > > > > Joseph > > > > Turnpike Man wrote: > > > If one wanted to apply this by editing sendmail.mc and using m4 to apply > > the > > > change?? And if this can't be done this way, someone want to enlighten me > > on > > > why the heck I would have to edit a drunk welch's jibberish to configure an > > > email server?? And... also the mystery behind people constantly telling me > > to > > > never touch the sendmail.cf file directly. > > > > > > BTW, good to know as I would be running an email server internally using > > NAT as > > > well. I suppose I could do this or to the xinetd thing with port 25. > > > > > > OH, and that fix someone posted about the aol.com:smtp_server.nc.rr.com ... > > > that is also a direct edit to sendmail.cf wasn't it!! ARG I hate that file > > > already!! > > > > > > laters, > > > David M. > > > > > > > > > --- Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>You can also "fake" who you are by using the "Dj<domain_name>" option in > > >>sendmail.cf. I do this with servers that are running on internal > > >>networks protected by NAT firewalls. Works a charm. > > >> > > >>Example: > > >> Djtrilug.org > > >> > > >>Now stop/restart sendmail and all your mail will be seen as coming from > > >>"trilug.org". > > >> > > >>If you want to include your machine's hostname, you can either hard code > > >>it in: > > >> Djmail.trilug.org > > >> > > >>or you can stick the $w variable into the line: > > >> Dj$w.trilug.org > > >> > > >>Should I include that in my Sendmail howto? > > >> http://www.trilug.org/~jonc/mailserver > > >> > > >>Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > > > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TriLUG mailing list > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! > http://platinum.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
