Re: Sendmail relay

Hi, all!

John Thompson <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If your upstream provider has an smtp service, use it as your SMART_HOST.
> E.g. in your sendmail.mc define SMART_HOST to point to your upstream smtp
> service:
>
> define(`SMART_HOST',`your.provider.com')
>
> Crank the sendmail.mc through m4 to create a new sendmail.cf and just
> restart sendmail.

Since the mailertable feature has been active in FreeBSD's default
setup for quite a while now, I've come to prefer the mailertable
line:

.. esmtp: my.providers.smart.host

Saves you from creating a new .mc and remembering that you did
that when you run mergemaster the next time ;-)

HTH,
Patrick
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