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From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Sendmail SMARTHOST
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 21:41:50 CST
Organization: Southern Illinois University
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Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p
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	     (from Samath Wijesundera <samath@slt.lk>)
	     (at Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:47:38 +0600)
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Hi Samath, on Jun 12 you wrote:

> I was trying to configure my FreeBSD Box so that it send out mail
> through an another box (SunOS) to send out mail. 
[snip]

> Is there a way if mail relay stops to bypass and deliver straight to the
> Internet.

Your FreeBSD machine can be as "smart" as your "smart relay" host, so unless
you have a real need to pass off mail to another mail server, just turn off
the Smart Relay function within Sendmail, and your FreeBSD will do the
remote mail delivery by itself (assuming that you have access to a DNS).