On 01/11/12 12:50 AM, Giles Coochey wrote: > I don't really have the enerygy to do that, thanks anyway. I'll > uninstall postfix and use sendmail. Just thought maybe there was a > quick way to keep the default MTA on the system. the first google hit on 'postfix smarthost' says to change/add the line relayhost = your.server.com to the main.cf file, and restart postfix... seems simple enough. this is the 2nd or third hit, it expounds on that and shows how to setup SASL authentication with the smarthost... http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/postfix-smtp-authentication-for-mail-servers/ -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast