RE: Forcing sendmail to use mail server according to From address

From: Cowles, Steve (steve_at_stevecowles.com)
Date: 06/30/04

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:26:18 -0500

    Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
    > Hi All
    >
    > First this: I'm on Debian.
    > But as the sendmail features probably are the same on a RedHat/Fedora
    > system as on a Debian one I hope it's okay to ask here.
    >
    > The problem:
    > I'm on a single user home machine, and I have 3 different mail
    > addresses, from 3 different companies. And, when using these mail
    > addresses, I want to force sendmail to look for the appropriate
    > (external) mail server according to the From/Sender address I use when
    > sending mails. I.e. I want sendmail to send my mails to these external
    > mail servers, that I am allowed to use, instead of sending them
    > directly from my local sendmail to the mail servers responsible for
    > the recipients addresses.
    >
    > Are there switches, settings in sendmail that can do this?

    Not that I'm aware of. In fact, after re-reading your post, what your asking
    seems more like a configuration setting (feature) of your MUA, not MTA.

    Steve Cowles 

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