From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cs2417538-2.austin.rr.com ([24.175.38.2] helo=tomass ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19U8rZ-0003Gt-00 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:42:49 -0400 Received: from stivers_t by tomass with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19U8rW-0001cy-00 for ; Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:42:46 -0500 Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:42:46 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Why smart hosts are sometimes necessary was:Re: sendmail authentication: correction Message-ID: <20030622174246.GB5149@tomass.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Thomas Stivers Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: While being your own mail server works most of the time, there are situations where you cannot get mail through from your dialup box. For example AOL *shudder* doesn't allow in "spam" from dynamic addresses. One good way to solve this is to set things up so that you can add domains that require the use of your isp's smtp server to a file that is examined by your mta and when mail is sent to these domains it goes through your smart host. I am using exim not sendmail so I can't tell you how to do this, but I am sure you will figure it out when you need to send mail to AOL. -- Unix is a user friendly operating system. It just picks its friends more carefully than others. Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org gpg: 45CBBABD