On Thu March 2 2006 13:52, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Vincent wrote:
> > I have actually dealt with this very issue for years with various
> > MTA's including sendmail (which was always a nightmare to work
> > with).  I am always in a situation, either in the work place or at
> > home, where I need send email between individual hosts on a LAN
> > with the hostname after the '@' in the from line and, at the same
> > time, be able to send mail to the outside with only the domain
> > after the '@' in the from line.  It has always been a problem.  I
> > find it impossible to believe that it has not been an ongoing
> > problem for others as well, causing a lot more custom
> > administration, setting up separate internal mail servers, etc to
> > accomplish it.
>
> Really?  You find that impossible to believe?  In ten years, I've
> never cared to be able to send mail between individual systems in a
> private network, either at work or home.  I always prefer to have one
> mail server, so that everyone can look in just one spot for their
> mail.

I agree.

> If you need flexible masquerading, by all means use a product that
> supports it, but allow your disbelief, that most of us prefer not to
> deal with that complexity for no particular reason, to ease.

Well said.

jerry


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