mails VIA specific mailhost

[Gavin McDonald]

Glad I could help.  I already had this documented for a client, so it was
easy enough to send to you too. :)

Regards,

Gavin McDonald
========================
EVI Logistic Enterprises
email: me at gavitron.com
phone: (604) 313-3845



> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Opesh Alkara
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:06 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: mails VIA specific mailhost
> 
> Thanks for the insight...
> this was quite detailed.... :)...
> 
> Opesh
> 
> On 2/27/06, Gavin McDonald <gavitron at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You need to (install,) update, & recompile your sendmail.cf file.
> >
> > First install/update it,
> > # Up2date sendmail-cf
> >
> > Next, Add the following lines to /etc/mail/sendmail.mc:
> >
> > define(`SMART_HOST',`mail.yourlocaldomain.local')
> > MASQUERADE_AS(`yourdomain.com')
> > FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)
> > FEATURE(masquerade_entire_domain)
> > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost)
> > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost.localdomain)
> > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(yourdomain.com)
> > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(yourlocaldomain.local)
> >
> >
> > Now commit the changes by running
> > # m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
> >
> > then restart sendmail like so:
> > # service sendmail restart
> >
> > If it wasn't clear enough above,
> > "mail.yourlocaldomain.local" is the local address of your mail server,
> > "yourdomain.com" is the domain that the mail should come from,
> > "yourlocaldomain.local" is the suffix of your local domain, for
> > completeness.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Gavin McDonald
> > ========================
> > EVI Logistic Enterprises
> > email: me at gavitron.com
> > phone: (604) 313-3845
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> > > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Opesh Alkara
> > > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:19 AM
> > > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> > > Subject: mails VIA specific mailhost
> > >
> > > *OS: RHEL 3.0*
> > > *RUNLEVEL: 3 (command line)*
> > >
> > > I have secure a system which has permissions to send mails only
> through
> > a
> > > particular mail host, due to which mail command fails to work.
> > >
> > > I would like to know is there any command based tool that I can use to
> > > send
> > > logs of my monitoring scripts VIA a specified MailHost...I see there
> is
> > a
> > > command where I can specify my default mail client, outgoin server
> > > et...but
> > > I don't know how to change these values....
> > >
> > > Any ideas/pointers are appreciated..thanks even for giving a try...
> > >
> > >
> > > [root at devel etc]# mailsettings
> > > [Defaults]
> > > Profile=Default
> > > [PROFILE_Default]
> > > EmailAddress=root at devel
> > > *EmailClient=/usr/bin/mutt*
> > > FullName=root
> > > IncomingServer=/var/mail/root
> > > IncomingServerType=localbox
> > > OutgoingCommand=/usr/sbin/sendmail
> > > *OutgoingServerType=local*
> > > TerminalClient=true
> > > [root at devel etc]#
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