sendmail behind ipmasq box
arson smith
arsonsmith@hotmail.com
Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:23:49 GMT
> > I did find this in some documentation but not sure what to do
> > with it:
> >
> >
> > promiscuous_relay
> > By default, the sendmail configuration files do not
>permit
> > mail relaying (that is, accepting mail from outside your
> > domain and sending it to another host outside your
>domain).
> > This option sets your site to allow mail relaying from
>any
> > site to any site. In general, it is better to control
>the
> > relaying more carefully with the access db and the 'R'
> > class ($=R). Domains can be added to class 'R' by the
> > macros RELAY_DOMAIN or RELAY_DOMAIN_FILE (analogously to
> > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN and MASQUERADE_DOMAIN_FILE, see
>below).
> >
> > I think this is what I want to do but I am not sure how to turn it
> > on. I will keep reading.
>
>That's a feature too; use the same syntax as the other one below.
>But be sure it absolutely can't be accessed from the Internet or you'll
>be asking to become a spam relay.
That is something I was wondering. is there a way to setup
ipmasq so that requests on port 25 of my ipmasq box would
be forwarded to the mail server. this isn't something I
would keep the promiscuous_relay option on but would be a
project to make this a real mail server.?.
Bill Warner
internet ip 192.168.1.* lan
--------- ---------------
Internet ------ | |------| Mail server |
| Ipmasq| | ---------------
| | | --------------
--------- ---|Rest of lan |
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