[TriLUG] Need a Stupid Sendmail trick

[Turnpike Man]

If they are blocking outbound SMTP, how are you sending emails from your local
email client out to anyone??  (Sorry I can't help with sendmail, I use postfix)

David M.

--- Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
> 
> OK, need help from the Sendmail gods.. I need to reconfigure sendmail to
> listen for incoming request on a port other than 25. I know this will break
> a number of things, but it may also help me end-run Bellsouth's asinine
> block of outgoing (I can understand this somewhat) AND incoming (completely
> whacked IMHO) 25 traffic garbage.
> 
> What I need to do is to use my mail server for outgoing SMTP traffic. I can
> configure my client to send on alternate ports so that is not an issue. Mail
> will leave my laptop, travel to my mail server (on an unblocked port) sender
> (me) will get verified and then out through Bellsouth's SMTP via the
> smarthost relay (that's the only thing they did not break when I "Upgraded"
> my DSL). That way I don't need to keep changing my mail client settings
> depending on what network I happened to be on...
> 
> I know this breaks incoming to my server, that’s not an issue. I'm using a
> pop account on a server outside of the Bellsouth network for incoming mail.
> My biggest problem for the moment is to not have to mess with the client
> settings every time I change locations and networks.
> 
> Please don't tell me to change providers, I'm going to when I move in with
> the fiancé at the end of my lease.. I just need to end-run BS stupidity for
> a few months.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Dave S
> 
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