[TriLUG] sendmail smart-host with auth

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Brian Henning wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>   I've done some googling on this but so far the solutions seem a
> little convoluted, so I'm posing the question to the list in the hopes
> of there being some simple answer I just haven't found yet.
>
> Anyway, lately I've encountered more and more problems related to
> sending mail from an IP in a dynamic range [this is my MTA at home],
> so I figure the best answer would be to smart-host through my ISP's
> MTA. Problem is, in order to help curtail spam, the ISP has started
> requiring authentication to send mail.
>
> How hard is it to configure sendmail (8.12.11) to authenticate for
> smart-hosting?
>
> Tanks!
> ~Brian
>
A quick google for 'sendmail smtp auth outgoing' turned up this as the
2nd hit:
http://efflandt.freeshell.org/sbc-smtp-auth.html

I knew the basic answer was "pretty simple", and it's pretty cleanly
detailed on that page.  If you run into any problems, post back again!  :)

Aaron S. Joyner