On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 11:52:58AM -0800, 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.
> 
> 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.

I never said "most of you".   I'm not sure what your point is, unless
you are saying that since _you_ have not had a need for that feature
that you believe nobody else does.
 


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