ISP difficulties

[Andrew Mathews]

Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> Hello everybody !
> 
> 
> I've been having difficulties sending mail from my account to anywhere 
> in the last couple of weeks. Mail relaying has been denied on my ISP's 
> mail server, due to an outbreak of massive spamming in my country. My 
> other ISP account ( I have 2 because I am paranoid ) has likewise denied 
> mail relaying. What is interesting is that the policy is not enforced 
> uniformly (yet), with the result that I can sometimes send mail out, if 
> I keep trying long enough.
> 
> So, I need to setup SMTP on my local workstation. I read the Red Hat 
> Postfix HOWTO, but it doesn't seem to work because :
> 
> 1. I cannot relay mail through any of the mail servers I am aware of.
> 2. I do not have a FQDN. I do have a cable connection, but it is based 
> on DHCP. Furthermore, my workstation is behind a Linksys router.
> 
> Has anyone got any experience setting this up ? Any other documents or 
> links that can help me ? Please don't point me to books I have to buy 
> because I am unemployed at the moment, and trying to save money.
> 
> Thanks in advance !
> 
> Regards,
> pascal chong
> 
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You need to define the "Smart relay" in your /etc/sendmail.cf. A good 
reference is at: 
http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/doc8.12/cf/m4/non_smtp_config.html
HTH,
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Andrew Mathews
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