Sendmail: Proxy server or whatever

[John Voigt]

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 directly send mail to my
>>recipients.
>>
>>Of late, some sites, eg. aol.com,  are rejecting my mail, telling me I
>>should be using my isp's mail server. 
>>
>>Comcast can be a very linux hostile environment. I don't really want to talk
>>to them about mail. However, I would like to either relay through their mail
>>server or masquerade my mail to have their mail server's ip.
>>
>>I have the Bat book on email, and am not afraid to use it, but, I am
>>confused a bit.
>>
>>Any pointers, specifically clear examples, on how to do this would be
>>greatly appreciated.
>>Joel

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.

<Disclaimer>
There are probably better or more sophisticated ways to do it, or I may 
have totally misunderstood the question ;-)
</Disclaimer>

HTH,

John V.
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