On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Kevin MacNeil wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 02:56:04PM -0400, Gerry Doris wrote: > > > You should edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc to include a SMARTHOST line. > > It's probably already in the file but commneted out (has a dnl at the > > front). Just insert your ISP's email server to the line, take out the > > dnl at the front, rerun the m4 macro (instructions at the top of the > > file), and do a > > > > service sendmail restart > > > > to restart sendmail. This will tell sendmail to forward all your mail > > through your ISP's mail server. That server will not be blocked by > > AOL. > > It's also possible your ISP requires mail going through the smarthost to > authenticate via smtp-auth. If you get authentication errors post back > to the list and someone'll show you how to get it working with 8.11.x. >
Yes, I had to do the smtp-authentication trick to get it to work with my ISP. There's a write up at linux-sxs.org in their sendmail section on how to set this up. -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
