[ale] [OT] Sendmail (?) woes

Jonathan Rickman jonathan at xcorps.net
Tue Jan 21 14:43:39 EST 2003


On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Mike Millson wrote:

> I added the following at the end of my sendmail config file, based on a tip
> I saw from James Kinney:
>
> # Smart host
> DSmail.atl.bellsouth.net


This is the same thing as setting your ISP's SMTP server to be your
default in a typical email client. All your mail will travel through that
server as well as your local MX. Personally, I prefer to send directly
from my local machine to avoid slowdowns caused by high traffic on the ISP
side.



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Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net

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