[NTLUG:Discuss] Sendmail Reconfiguration

[Leroy Tennison]

Stephen Davidson wrote:
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> Rev. wRy wrote:
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>> On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 12:20 -0500, Stephen Davidson wrote:
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>>> I have a
>>> relay set up (should allow incoming 587 -- will verify), but I need to
>>> reconfigure Sendmail to go to 587.  Any ideas how?
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>> To make sendmail listen on 587, you should just have to either add or
>> uncomment this line in your sendmail.mc
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>> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=submission, Name=MSA, M=Ea')dnl
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>> Then the normal make & restart sendmail.
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>> R
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> Will keep that in mind for my Email Provider -- they might need it.
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> In the meantime, I guess I was not completely clear.  I have sendmail on
> my local network, needs to connect to an external Email Provider, and I
> can't use port 25 outbound.  So, how do I configure Sendmail on my local
> network to forward to port 587 on its relay?  (Note: I already have the
> rest of the relay settings configured, it WAS working to Verizon started
> blocking the outbound connection)
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> Regards,
> Steve
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A couple of ideas come to mind:

   1. Change your ISP (the only way they get the message "we need to
      serve the customer" is through the pocketbook)
   2. Set up stunnel.  I know, it's best as a "one-off" solution but
      hopefully this is a one-off.