>'From Bill Leach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' > >I will take a look at sendmail because of Manoj's remarks since the only >significant disadvantage to sendmail that I could see is that it can be a >real tough one to set up properly (if you are a continuously connected >mail server then it is almost a 'snap' to set up using the conventional >sendmail configuration).
I don't see why it shouldn't be possible to make configuration just as easy for a dial-up case. We need to figure out what the typical dial-up cases look like and integrate them into the configuration as well. >I don't consider myself to be stupid but the e-mail issue is really >raising doubts... > >It should not require days of study of various documents, man pages, >HOWTOs, example configuration files, etc. just to get an email system >that: > >1) Places a vaild (to the ISP) From header on all internet bound mail >(no matter what the user's local network name might be). > >2) Send all 'outbound' mail to a smarthost depending upon which ISP >is in use. > >I realize that #1 is not really the MTA's 'responsibility' but it is the >logical place for this to be accomplished since any place else in the >'chain' is not unique (ie: there are too many mail composing software >packages, most (AFAIK) won't let you muck with the headers (and really >shouldn't). > >#2 IS the responsibility of the MTA but AFAIK none were designed with the >idea that you might have different 'smarthosts' as different times. #1 is simple to do, though it probably needs a few variants, depeding on whether the machine serves an entire domain or just a sigle account/email address. #2 Might be doable using sendmail's smarthost "MX" feature (setting the smarthost to a list of colon-separated hosts). With a bit of hacking it shouldn't be hard to have it read it from a file on each delivery attempt. Regards, /Anders -- -- Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Anders Hammarquist | Mud at Kingdoms | [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetGuide Scandinavia | telnet kingdoms.se 1812 | Fax: +46 31 50 79 39 http://www.netg.se | | Tel: +46 31 50 79 40 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]