Sendmail: Proxy server or whatever

[Joel Hammer]

My ip is dynamic. It doesn't change much, but it can change.
Joel
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:15:22AM -0500, John Voigt wrote:
> 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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