[TriLUG] sendmail header question

[Jon Carnes]

As a member of TriLUG you also can use TriLUG's mail servers to relay
your mail.  Since TriLUG runs a secure Mail server it's safe to use and
it resolve properly to aol, compuserv, etc.

On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 23:05, Turnpike Man wrote:
> cool... I think I'll just have to add aol, compuserv, earthlink and let the
> remaining continue to use my own SMTP.  Yes, lots better to have your own
> control and not have to worry about someone else's availability, queue size,
> etc.
> 
> So far aol is not rejecting me, but if I were actually writing someone there
> regularly, I suppose that might change!
> 
> thanks,
> David M.
> 
> --- Joseph Tate <jtate at dragonstrider.com> wrote:
> > define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp-server.nc.rr.com') in sendmail.mc
> > sets smtp-server.nc.rr.com as the first hop in all but local mail delivery.
> > 
> > As for the aol.com mail relay rule: it's not sendmail.cf, it's 
> > /etc/mail/mailertable, but then you have to run make to generate the 
> > proper mailertable.db.  But you will have to use it as follows:
> > aol.com    smtp:smtp-server.nc.rr.com
> > 
> > Of course you're going to need add a line for each of aol, compuserv, 
> > earthlink and anyone else who blocks from a dynamic IP.
> > 
> > Joseph
> > 
> > Turnpike Man wrote:
> > > If one wanted to apply this by editing sendmail.mc and using m4 to apply
> > the
> > > change??  And if this can't be done this way, someone want to enlighten me
> > on
> > > why the heck I would have to edit a drunk welch's jibberish to configure an
> > > email server??  And... also the mystery behind people constantly telling me
> > to
> > > never touch the sendmail.cf file directly.
> > > 
> > > BTW, good to know as I would be running an email server internally using
> > NAT as
> > > well.  I suppose I could do this or to the xinetd thing with port 25.
> > > 
> > > OH, and that fix someone posted about the aol.com:smtp_server.nc.rr.com ...
> > > that is also a direct edit to sendmail.cf wasn't it!!  ARG I hate that file
> > > already!!
> > > 
> > > laters,
> > > David M.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > >>You can also "fake" who you are by using the "Dj<domain_name>" option in
> > >>sendmail.cf.  I do this with servers that are running on internal
> > >>networks protected by NAT firewalls.  Works a charm.
> > >>
> > >>Example:
> > >>  Djtrilug.org
> > >>
> > >>Now stop/restart sendmail and all your mail will be seen as coming from
> > >>"trilug.org".
> > >>
> > >>If you want to include your machine's hostname, you can either hard code
> > >>it in:
> > >>  Djmail.trilug.org
> > >>
> > >>or you can stick the $w variable into the line:
> > >>  Dj$w.trilug.org
> > >>
> > >>Should I include that in my Sendmail howto?
> > >>  http://www.trilug.org/~jonc/mailserver
> > >>
> > >>Jon
> > > 
> > > 
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