On 16/08/06, Eric Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello all, I'm trying to make my server a little more user-friendly for my
friends and for that to happen I need to add the ability for the server to
SEND mail.
My ISP (Bell Sympatico) blocks all attempts to deliver mail directly to
another mail server. The only way for me to get mail out is by connecting to
my ISP's mail SMTP mail server using a username and password, over SSL.
Does anyone have any idea how to set sendmail (or another MTA) up on YDL to
send mail from the server (a Gallery installation, to be specific) to a
public internet address?
I've searched far and wide for this but the language surrounding sendmail is
quite technical (beyond my geek skills) [I don't know what question to ask
of Google yet ;-P].
Well, I managed to answer my own question by stumbling on the right
web page at sendmail's site:
<http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html> under the section 'Using
sendmail as a client with AUTH'.
On a hunch I changed an extra setting alongside the preferences
settings. Using the Webmin sendmail interface I made the following
additional change:
Change #1 (not listed at page cited above):
"Send outgoing mail via host" is now set to my ISP's mail server (in
my case: smtphm.sympatico.ca
... although, it may actually be referenced in this paragraph on that
page (just Webmin provides an easier way to get at it ;-):
" Note: if FEATURE(`authinfo') is used, then the hostname in the map
entry must match exactly the hostname of the ISP mailserver as
explained in cf/README: Note: searches for domain parts or IP nets are
only performed if the access map is used; if the authinfo feature is
used then only up to three lookups are performed (two exact matches,
one default)."
Change #2:
Modified in the file in the middle was
dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtphm.sympatico.ca')
Added to the file at the end was...
1. define(`SMART_HOST',`smtphm.sympatico.ca')dnl
2. define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `EXTERNAL GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
LOGIN PLAIN')dnl
3. FEATURE(`authinfo',`hash /etc/mail/auth/client-info')dnl
NOTE: lines 1 and 2 at the end are DUPLICATES of lines in the file
(origina linel #2 is exactly the same as the default). Could this
duplication cause problems (right now it seems to be working nicely)?
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