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List:       sendmail
Subject:    Re: Newbie, forward all e-mail to other smtp server
From:       martinatgoogle () yahoo ! co ! uk (hongkongwolf)
Date:       2002-10-31 14:57:42
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Many, many thanks, Andrzej! That worked a dream. I've also learnt I
should edit the mc file not the cf file directly. In fact, I used
webmin to edit and rebuild the mc file which was even easier. Thanks
again for your help.

hongkongwolf

Andrzej Filip <anfi@Box43.pl> wrote in message news:<3DB971D1.A5D5F276@Box43.pl>...
> hongkongwolf wrote:
> > 
> > Help! I simply want ALL e-mail sent to my RedHat Sendmail server to be
> > forwarded to another smtp server on our lan. All I have done is added
> > DSsmtp:othermailserver to sendmail.cf. But when attempting to send
> > e-mail, I get
> > "Running /var/spool/mqueue/g9PEase09863 (sequence 1 of 1)
> > destinationaddress.com: Name server timeout"
> > But I don't want it to resolve destinationaddress.com, since I want it
> > forwarded to othermailserver. Othermailserver will resolve
> > destinationaddress.com, not my Sendmail server.
> > What am I missing????
> 
> Try adding FEATURE(`nocanonify') to *.mc file you use to generate your
> sendmail.cf.
> 
> You may also specify you smart host using ip address to avoid DNS
> lookups
> define(`SMART_HOST',`esmtp:[10.21.57.112]')


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