From: Aaron Morris (aaronmorris@MINDSPRING.COM)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 18:58:58 EDT
This is not necessarily true since I have been able to send mail from
AIX 4.3.3 and 5.1 after a fresh install and no additional configuration.
If there is no relay is defined sendmail.cf, the machine itself does
the MX check and attempts sending the mail directly to the mail exchanger.
MARLON BORBA wrote:
> that is not as simple as it could appear. an aix server, if not by itself the mail exchanger of a domain, must have a "smart relay host" (Dj or Dm directive, don't remember now) configured into its /etc/sendmail.cf file in order to send every message to the "smart relay host" (the domain mail-exchanger). this one delivers it to the internet.
>
> my us$ 0.02,
>
> marlon.
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>>>>john.jolet@FXFN.COM 23/04/03 11:44 >>>
>
> you don't need to see port 25 for outgoing. type (as root) "sendmail -bvt name@address.com" and see what it tells you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sultan F. AlGahtani [mailto:sultan@ALRAJHIBANK.COM.SA]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 6:20 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: email to internet
>
>
> hi,
> how can i send e-mail from AIX server to an internet mail account.
>
> sendmail subsystem is active.
> can't see port 25 when run netstat.
>
> Regards;
>
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