Subject: Email and localhost.localdomain configuration
From: Clark Baker (cmbaker@tiac.net)
Date: Sat Dec 11 1999 - 14:03:30 MST
I use Kppp to dial into TIAC.NET and this seems to work fine. I
notice that Kppp temporarily edits my resolv.conf to read:
domain tiac.net #kppp temp entry
# search localdomain #entry disabled by kppp
nameserver 199.0.65.2 #kppp temp entry
nameserver 199.0.65.9 #kppp temp entry
On Lunix my account is called "cmb". On TIAC my e-mail address is
"cmbaker@tiac.net". On TIAC, this is an alias to pop04322, which is
the place from which I must fetch my mail.
Champion Server 1.1 seems to startup with a sendmail running. When I
send mail (using RMAIL mode in Emacs), it goes out with the following
in the header:
From: cmb@localhost.localdomain
X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: cmb set sender to cmb@localhost.localdomain using -f
I was able to change a setting in emacs and currently the header
includes:
From: cmbaker@tiac.net
X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: cmb set sender to cmb@localhost.localdomain using -f
Some sites refuse to accept e-mail from me. One referred me to
maps.vix.com (Mail Abuse Prevention System).
I believe my problem is related to the above warning and that I need
to properly configure the localhost.localdomain. How do I do this?
Is this in /etc/mail/access? Is there still going to be a problem
that I am called "cmb" on my local Lunix system, but my POP box at my
ISP is cmbaker? If there is no easy way around this, I can change my
name on Linux.
---On the mail receiving side, I run fetchmail. My .fetchmailrc file contains:
poll pop.tiac.net with proto POP3 user "pop04322" there with password "********" is cmb here warnings 3600
This seems to properly move the mail from TIAC to user cmb on Linux. >From there, I use RMAIL in emacs to really read it.
-- Clark Baker, Belmont, MA cmbaker@tiac.net
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