SMTP Mail Server

Most of the time, the DNS server configuration explained in the DNS Server section will allow you to use the e-mail-to- FAX relay service.

The DNS server configuration is not always used.

Some mail servers are configured to process all mail addressed to hosts belonging to their domain as mail to themselves. If mail server mail.abc.com has been set up in this way, it will regard mail to xxxx@fax.abc.com as mail to one of its users and will not forward it to your fax machine.

To prevent this, configure the mail server so it does not process mail addressed to host fax.abc.com.

The example assumes that

·The OS of mail.abc.com is FreeBSD.

·The mail server is sendmail.

·Configuration file sendmail.cf is generated using utility “CF.”

You will have to edit sendmail.cf directly if no utility of this kind is available. The procedure for this operation is very complicated. It will not be explained here.

To configure the mail server, you will

1insert strings into sendmail.def

2add strings specifying email-to-FAX relay

3create a new sendmail.cf

4overwrite the original sendmail.cf

5restart the mail server

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