On 2005-01-10 19:38, Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Srot BULL wrote: >>> The simple answer is that the name your machine claims to be isn't >>> registered in the DNS, which is normal for dynamic connections. You >>> should either relay all email to the mailserver your ISP should have >>> available, or you should configure your MTA to masquerade as a valid >>> domain. The former is likely to better in terms of passing >>> spam-sensitive mailers. >> >> Can I configure my system's sendmail to the above suggestion that you >> wrote? Or am I stuck to using Evolution/Thunderbird with an SMTP >> setting and not sendmail as my smtp server? [...] > > Go to /etc/mail. Edit freebsd.cf (look for SMART_HOST), point it at your > ISP's mail server. Do "make stop; make install; make start".
FWIW, the file edited should be `freebsd.mc', not `freebsd.cf' otherwise a subsequent "make install" will overwrite the edited `freebsd.cf' file with a fresh copy generated from `freebsd.mc'. To the original poster... The configuration process of Sendmail can be a bit tricky, but it has been discussed over and over again in this list. You may also find it useful to search the mailing list archives: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
