Re: Help configuring mail relaying

[Chuck Mead <chuck moongroup com>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, scott.list said:
s>Now I've got the /etc/mail/access file to deal with.  Here's the situation:
s>I'm dialing into ISP #1 (remote)
s>I run Windows mail, point it to ISP #2 (mine) as my mail server.
s>I send a message to a peer at ISP #3 (aol).
s>I get: (windows won;t let me cut/paste it but in essence:) account shorton,
s>Relaying Denied.
s>I've added everything I could think of to the access file, ran make in the
s>same dir to rebuild the db, no luck.
s>Anyone know what I'm missing.  Help?

Yep. It's a FAQ. In /etc/mail/access add this:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx	RELAY 

where xxx == ip address of hosts you want to allow relay from.

then:

makemap hash /etc/mail/access.db < /etc/mail/access

Note that you will probably want to set your sendmail daemon to relay through
your ISP's mail server and masquerade the envelope from your own as well.

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