I don't use mutt, but surely you can set it up to talk directly to the
ISP's mail daemon for outgoing email.
This is rough, for the brave or desparate. I will improve it soon.....
For configuring sendmail to forward through an isp's mailer, on RedHat
7.x or higher...
Back up /etc/mail/* to somewhere safe :-).
edit /etc/mail/sendmail.mc thusly...
Add
define(`SMART_HOST', `my.ispmailer.com')
FEATURE(`genericstable')dnl
GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/generics-domains')dnl
MASQUERADE_AS(`myrealdomain.com')
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(`myfakedomain.fake')
FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)
FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)
FEATURE(always_add_domain)
Cwmyhost.myfakedomain.fake
Add the dnl to this line
dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')
Run
m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
Add
myhost.myfakedomain.fake
to /etc/mail/generics-domains
cd to /etc/mail and run
make
Restart sendmail
service sendmail restart
check my mail headers and you will see evidence of this working.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jim Wildman, CISSP jim@rossberry.com
http://www.rossberry.com
On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Derek Dakan wrote:
> Ouchies! My head hurts from banging my head against my
> monitor. I just can't seem to get Sendmail working right
> (i.e. send mail). I have tried several "solutions" that
> have given me various degrees of functionality (and errors)
> but nothing that really works across the boards. I have
> read so many troubleshooting suggestions from USENET
> archives that I think I'm worse off then when I started. So
> please bear with me if I have trouble articulating what I
> think is broken.
>
> I had it working before but now that I've switched providers
> (going from a static to a dynamic IP) I haven't had any
> luck. I've fallen hopelessly in love with mutt so I utterly
> refuse to rekindle a relationship with a gui mail client.
> Therefore I simply must get sendmail working again.
>
> I suspect that the problem is my HOSTS file and that my mail
> is being rejected by smtp servers because it is coming from
> derek@nyarlathotep instead of a real address but what do I
> know?
>
> Here are the details:
>
> I have DSL with DHCP from IJ.net.
>
> Here is copy of HOSTS. I manually specified my DHCP address
> so I'll run into trouble when it changes on me (anyone know
> of a better solution?)
>
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 209.4.47.124 nyarlathotep.ij.net nyarlathotep
>
> Here is a copy of /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
>
> divert(-1)
> dnl This is the sendmail macro config file. If you make
> changes to this file,
> dnl you need the sendmail-cf rpm installed and then have to
> generate a
> dnl new /etc/sendmail.cf by running the following command:
> dnl
> dnl m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf
> dnl
> include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')
> VERSIONID(`linux setup for Red Hat Linux')dnl
> OSTYPE(`linux')
> dnl Uncomment and edit the following line if your mail needs
> to be sent out
> dnl through an external mail server:
> define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.ij.net')
> define(`confDEF_USER_ID',``8:12'')dnl
> undefine(`UUCP_RELAY')dnl
> undefine(`BITNET_RELAY')dnl
> define(`confAUTO_REBUILD')dnl
> *more* just default stuff
>
> Here's what happens when I do this:
>
> [derek@nyarlathotep derek]$ telnet 127.0.0.1 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to 127.0.0.1.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 nyarlathotep.ij.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Thu,
> 19 Sep 2002 02:52:30 GMT
>
>
> And this command gives me this:
>
> [root@nyarlathotep sbin]# ./sendmail -d0.1 -bt </dev/null
> Version 8.11.6
> Compiled with: LDAPMAP MAP_REGEX LOG MATCHGECOS MIME7TO8
> MIME8TO7
> NAMED_BIND NETINET NETINET6 NETUNIX NEWDB
> NIS QUEUE SASL SCANF
> SMTP TCPWRAPPERS USERDB
>
> ============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============
> (short domain name) $w = nyarlathotep
> (canonical domain name) $j = nyarlathotep.ij.net
> (subdomain name) $m = ij.net
> (node name) $k = nyarlathotep
> ========================================================
>
> ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
> Enter <ruleset> <address>
>
> Do you think my HOSTS file is correct? What do you do if
> you don't really have a FQDN and a static IP?
>
> I know this long post is eyesore but if you could provide
> any educated guesses I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Also if you've successfully gotten sendmail working could
> you please post a copy of your hosts file and your
> sendmail.mc file and perhaps I'll be able to figure out
> where I'm going wrong.
>
>
> TIA
>
> derek
>
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