After reading and trying out many of the ideas I've seen here and
elsewhere regarding smail configuration for dialup networking, I've
decided to ask for some more help.
VISIBLE_NAME and PRIMARY_NAME are now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
being set to u.washington.edu after PRIMARY_NAME=u.washington.edu
properly configuring "hostnames" and VISIBLE_NAME=u.washington.edu
"visible_name" in /etc/smail/config , ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Likewise, the Sender: field in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a mail to my isp account is ok Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
now, thanks: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Moreover, I think I found the explanation as to why mails to my isp
account have the correct hostname in the Sender: field while perusing
"man smailtrns", although I'm not certain. My theory is that by
setting visible_name to my isp's domain, the mail is considered "local"
and there is no lookup with the dns.
Ultimately, I have the problem with most non-local mail:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /var/log/smail/logfile) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Received FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HOST:localhost [127.0.0.1] [..]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And the response from my smarthost:
~~~~ From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (evil looking picon)~~~~~
|--------------------- Failed addresses follow: -------------------|
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... transport smtprewriter: 550
'<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>SIZE=724' sender address target 'localhost' is not
a valid e-mail domain.
|--------------------- Message text follows: ----------------------|
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost
with esmtp (ident kotsya using rfc1413) id m0yBxrw-0001bOC
(Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:25:08 -0800
[..]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Would someone with more experience in this area please advise me what I
need to change to be able to use smail to send mail somewhere other
than myself and this list?
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David Stern
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