Usually relays will only relay for a known good network (one under their control) like the ISP's network, or the CS department's network, that way they can limit spammers by cutting off their connection.
Robert On 6/11/07 9:56 PM, "Phillip Hellewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 01:31:38PM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: >> On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 13:08 -0600, Phillip Hellewell wrote: >>> I did a smart host once. I set up exim to ssh to cs mail server and >>> then send mails from there. Or something like that. It was kind of a >>> pain to set up, and I didn't like having to rely on someone else's mail >>> server, but it worked pretty good at the time. >> >> Ugh, that's not a very smart smart host config. You should be able to >> configure your MTA to forward all messages to your ISP's MTA, which is >> much less hassle. A complicated SSH solution shouldn't be necessary. > > If I remember correctly, I had to do it that way because otherwise cs > mail servers would refuse to forward because they refuse to relay > messages, or something like that. > > But maybe I just didn't know how to set it up right... > > Phillip Robert LeBlanc BioAg Computer Support Brigham Young University [EMAIL PROTECTED] (801)422-1882 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
