[TriLUG] Re: Need a Stupid Sendmail trick

[Dave Sorenson]

Thanks I'll take a look and give you a holler if I hit a wall.

Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf
Of Lance A. Brown
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 5:01 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: [TriLUG] Re: Need a Stupid Sendmail trick

If you are using a recent version of sendmail, this should be easy. 
Port 587 is designated as a submission port for email clients unable to
access port 25 for whatever reason.  On recent Red Hat systems you just need
to uncomment the correct line in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and remake the
sendmail.cf file.  I've been using this feature to support email submission
using STARTTLS on my server at home for quite a while.

Lemme know if you need more pointers/assistance.

--[Lance]


Dave Sorenson 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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