Subj : SMTP server name
To   : WxMan
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Jun 21 2005 10:02 am

  Re: SMTP server name
  By: WxMan to Digital Man on Tue Jun 21 2005 01:02 pm

 >  >> I simply cannot find anything for changing the name
 >  >> of the SMTP
 >  >> server that BBS looks for.  I need to route outbound e-mail to
 >  >> port 25 of my
 >  >> proxy machine.  In all my other Linux and Mac machines, I simply
 >  >> point
 >  >> SMTP servic to 192.168.0.1 port 25 and they go to town.  This is
 >  >> what I want
 >  >> to so with SBBS.  I THOUGHT that making the Wingate machine my
 >  >> "relay mail"
 >  >> server woul do it, but it doesn't.  I know that it's there, and
 >  >> right in front
 >  >> of me, bu simply can't find it.
 > 
 >  DM> This setting is the RElayServer line in your ctrl/sbbs.ini file. See
 >  DM> http://synchro.net/docs/tcpip_faq.html for more details on
 >  DM> problems/solutions with sending SMTP mail.
 > 
 > Almost seemed TOO easy.  I HAD changed that to 192.168.0.1, port 25, but it
 > seems the send mail service is still trying to resolve a different ISP SMTP
 > server.  Oh well, I'll keep plugging away at it.  Eventually I'll either get
 > figured out or say the heck with it.

Did you read the tcpip_faq.html?

If you're still having problems, post the error message(s) here.

 > I'm wondering...  Are there plans to release a Linux documentation set?  See
 > there are "just enough" differences to make one worthwhile.

The "differences" are documented in docs/sbbsunix.txt and sbbscon.txt
currently.

                                                  digital man

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