Re: Email and localhost.localdomain configuration


Subject: Re: Email and localhost.localdomain configuration
From: Myles Vredenburg (myles@nycap.rr.com)
Date: Sun Dec 12 1999 - 21:14:25 MST


Clark Baker wrote:
>
> 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

Clark,

Take a look at the address-rewriting mini how-to. You need to configure
sendmail to use a "smart host" (typically your isp's smtp server).

Myles



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