Dale Dunlea wrote:
> Hi,
> In work, we're lumbered with M$ Proxy Server, and
> it's a dog. I'm on one of 6 Linux machines and I
> was wondering if anyone knows how to send mail
> using sendmail instead of the proxy. The system
> administrator is sympathetic to the cause but
> doesn't know how.
>> Thanks
>>
AFAIK, if your Linux box has a public domain name, you can just have it be the
smtp server for itself. Otherwise, point your mail program to your internet
gateway as the smtp server. Or in fact to any UNIX box that has a public
domain name or IP address.
Conor Daly
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