If they are blocking outbound SMTP, how are you sending emails from your local email client out to anyone?? (Sorry I can't help with sendmail, I use postfix)
David M. --- Dave Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, need help from the Sendmail gods.. I need to reconfigure sendmail to > listen for incoming request on a port other than 25. I know this will break > a number of things, but it may also help me end-run Bellsouth's asinine > block of outgoing (I can understand this somewhat) AND incoming (completely > whacked IMHO) 25 traffic garbage. > > What I need to do is to use my mail server for outgoing SMTP traffic. I can > configure my client to send on alternate ports so that is not an issue. Mail > will leave my laptop, travel to my mail server (on an unblocked port) sender > (me) will get verified and then out through Bellsouth's SMTP via the > smarthost relay (that's the only thing they did not break when I "Upgraded" > my DSL). That way I don't need to keep changing my mail client settings > depending on what network I happened to be on... > > I know this breaks incoming to my server, that�s not an issue. I'm using a > pop account on a server outside of the Bellsouth network for incoming mail. > My biggest problem for the moment is to not have to mess with the client > settings every time I change locations and networks. > > Please don't tell me to change providers, I'm going to when I move in with > the fianc� at the end of my lease.. I just need to end-run BS stupidity for > a few months. > > TIA > > Dave S > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
