[olug] [OT] Delay of Cox mail??

Mike Hostetler hostetlerm at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 18:17:58 UTC 2004


On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:58:46 -0500, David Walker <olug at grax.com> wrote:
> Assuming you're using linux or unix to send your mail and that you are sending
> your mail via the sendmail command all you need is an ssh shell account that
> permits outgoing mail from your address.
> 
> Set up ssh keys to allow connection without entering a password
> (copy your .ssh/id_rsa.pub or .ssh/id_dsa.pub to the remote server at
> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys)
> 
> and replace your sendmail program with the following script
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ssh shell_account_server sendmail $@

Sweet little hack!  I saved your script as ~/bin/sendmail and it works
like a charm!

-- 
Mike Hostetler
thehaas at binary.net
http://www.binary.net/thehaas


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