They allow outbound 25 from their network through their SMTP server only. So by setting up smarthost in sendmail I can bounce it through mail.bellsouth.net. When I'm outside the Bellsouth network mail.bellsouth.net will not allow me to relay out bound (As it should), that's why I want to be able to relay through my server which would be inside their network. So in short, if I can get Sendmail to accept on a non blocked incoming port I can relay through Bellsouth.
Dave S. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Turnpike Man Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:53 PM To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Need a Stupid Sendmail trick 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, thats 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 fianci 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 -- 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
