[imp] Which outgoing mailserver?

[Paul Hanson]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Paul Hanson <phanson at northstarmicro.dyndns.org>:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm new to the list, after searching the archives to no avail I figured I
> > had
> > better join up.
> >
> > Using:
> > horde 2.2.3
> > imp 3.2
> > MySQL
> > on Aurora Linux 1.0 (Redhat 7.3 on Ultra Sparc)
> >
> > Here is the situation:
> > I have my mail come into my cable modem network via a registered domain
> > name &
> > dyndns.org.  The incoming mail server is 192.168.1.2.  My web server
> > including
> > horde & imp is at 192.168.1.5.  Receiving and sending mail works great
> > except
> > when sending to roadrunner & earthlink (maybe more but thats all I have
> > found
> > so
> > far) The mail gets bounced due to being a residential (dynamic) IP
> > address. see
> > this:
> >
> > Reporting-MTA: dns; sparky2.myname.com
> > Arrival-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:59:05 -0500
> > Final-Recipient: RFC822; anyone at wi.rr.com
> > Action: failed
> > Status: 5.7.1
> > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.7.1 Mail Refused -
> > cable.mindspring.com_Residential_Range - See
> > http://security.rr.com/residential.htm - 030813d
> > Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 22:59:14 -0500
> >
> > It would appear that in imp/config/servers.php (smtphost) I could set the
> > outgoing mail server to my ISPs mailserver and sending should work.  That
> > is
> > how
> > I had setup amail (another web based email program) but no matter what I
> > type
> > into servers.php, the mail that I send uses sendmail on 192.168.1.5.  See
> > this:
> 
> Why don't you configure sendmail to relay mail to your ISP's smtp server?
> That would be the best solution as it works with all local mail programs
> and you can send mail even if you are disconnected for some reason.

Thanks for the info.  I'm not a guru yet, where in sendmail do I set it up to
relay? and what is the syntax?

> 
> > $servers['imap'] = array(
> >     'name' => 'NSM IMAP Server',
> >     'server' => '192.168.1.2',
> >     'protocol' => 'imap',
> >     'port' => 143,
> >     'folders' => 'mail/',
> >     'namespace' => '',
> >     'maildomain' => 'mail.myname.com',
> >     'smtphost' => 'mail.earthlink.net',
> >     'realm' => '',
> >     'preferred' => ''
> > );
> >
> > Is there some other setting that needs to be changed to activate?
> 
> Yes, you configured horde/config/horde.php to use sendmail for sending mail
> instead of smtp.

Oh - I thought I did this.  better double check tonight.

> 
> Jan.
> 
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