Hi Jerry
I missled everybody. I am behind a firewall, but not to the mail server.
Sorry for the misunderstanding
david
On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Jerry Winegarden wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, David Brett wrote:
> >
> > > Fortunately I don't have a firewall to worry about. I do have pine
> > > pointing directly to the mailserver (exchange). I suspect sendmail is
> > > actually doing the sending. The reason I say that is sendmail is running.
> > > If this is the case what do I need to change in the configuration to make
> > > the exchange server happy
>
> Since you don't have a firewall, then your machine is "directly" on the
> Internet with a DNS registration somewhere, right? (Note: a static IP
> number would be very helpful, but not critical (can use dnydns.org or
> some other dynamic dns service). That means that your
> linux box can be it's own smtp server - you don't have to rely on a RELAY
> such as your company's exchange server NT box for smtp service in order
> for mail to be sent out to the Internet. Do it for yourself. Just as you
> can receive your own mail directly, addressed to your box directly, you can
> send mail directly to the Internet. That's what I do.
>
> What do you use to read/compose messages with that involve your Linux box
> instead of the company's exchange server? I log into my linux box and use
> pine, but I've installed a web mail client on other systems.
>
> Now, are you looking at some PC clients using your Linux mail server to
> receive/send? If so, you must add imap (or pop3) service to your Linux
> box. You can also install a web mail client (e.g. horde's imp) to
> read/send via a web browser interface on any PC mail in an inbox on your
> Linux box.
>
>
>
>
> > >
> > >
> > > david
> > >
> > David,
> > If you have "smtp-server" set to the exchange server, then it
> > does not use Sendmail. It sends directly to the server. I don't know
> > much about exchange servers, so maybe someone that know more about them
> > can talk about their setup. It sounds like it is set up to only accept
> > outgoing mail from specific machine, or from specific types of mail
> > programs. It may also be checking the return address, and not liking
> > what it is seeing... You may have to set up user-domain in pine so it
> > says you are from the correct network...
> >
> > Mikkel
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