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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, William Stearns wrote:
> > That line was generated automatically by my configuration
> > tool; can't rely on these things, I guess.
>
> What configuration tool did you use? It might be worth contacting
> the author and letting him/her know that forwarding rules need to use the
> outbound interface.
that would be turbonetcfg. I will report it to Turbolinux.
> > the next big step will be to try to send and receive mail
> > from a popmail/imap account other than my provider. I
> > have been told by my provider that their system is set up
> > so that mail not from their domain cannot be sent in
> > this way; it will be rejected. I'll see for myself soon.
>
> That's probably the case. They'll reject it based on the domain
> used, not on the ip address from which you connect. For this reason,
> this isn't a problem that can be fixed by an ipchains or ipfwadm firewall.
> One good option you have is to feed all your mail through the
> sendmail running on your own box. Sendmail will pass email along directly
> to the destination so you don't have to use your provider's smtp server.
Well, I told them that I had sendmail in mind when I talked to them and
they said it wouldn't be possible. Maybe we had a misunderstanding. Or
is it possible that they could set up things on their side so that
even passing it through with sendmail wouldn't be allowed?
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