sendmail authentication: correction

[Janina Sajka]

But, if it works for your setup, Chuck, I sure wouldn't fix it! <grin>


Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> From: Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckh at sent.com>
> 
> Hey! Andrew! It works!
> 
> Well I'll be damned! It works! I do not seem to need either the
> smtp of my ISP or the smtp of the new service at all. For some
> strange reason I had got into the habit of defining a "smart
> host" in my sendmail configuration which forces all my outgoing
> mail to be funneled through someone else's smtp service, when all
> the while I have a perfectly capable full service smtp right here
> on my own box!
> 
> Here is my acid proof test (tell me if I am mistaken):
> 
> (adult language follows)
> 
> My ISP novocon.net screens incoming and outgoing mail for
> objectionable language, and when found, mail is bounced with
> error 550: "Your spam is not welcome here"
> 
> I agree with Mark Twain that profanity provides a degree of relief
> that is denied even to prayer, and furthermore I do not
> appreciate filters perusing the contents of my incoming and
> outgoing email.
> 
> Consequently when the phrase "enlarge your penis" appears in
> email reaching my ISP, it is bye-bye email.
> 
> With "smart host" in sendmail set to "mail.novocon.net" (their
> smtp) I get bounced when trying to send such a message (and
> probably other phrases as well) but when I remove the "smart
> host" configuration, I can send such messages without hindrance.
> 
> I guess I don't need authentication on my new service at all,
> since obviously I am already authenticated to use my own
> sendmail.
> 
> Many thanks for pointing that out, Andrew. I have been busting my
> brain trying to solve a non-problem.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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