* Bob McLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03-05-02 16:21] crowed:
> That solved it!
>
> I didn't understand the 'SmartHost' concept in sendmail before you mentioned it.
> I looked it up, configured it, now it works like a charm.
> Thanks man! Now I can use Mutt to my heart's content. ;)
>
> Charles Cazabon wrote:
>
> > Bob McLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > But this isn't a problem with the SMTP headers having bad info. This is a
> > > problem with the HELO SMTP "handshake" having bad info.
> > > Mutt sends the message to my local sendmail, my local sendmail attempts to
> > > send the mail, it connects to the destination mail server and begins the
> > > conversation with 'HELO intranet.fssi-ca.com' to identify itself before it
> > > begins sending the message.
> > > The problem is that many mail servers take that 'HELO' information and test
> > > the host name to see if it's a "real" resolvable internet address.
> > > "intranet.fssi-ca.com" is not a resolvable address because it's internal.
> > > If I could get my process to connect to my public SMTP server instead of
> > > trying to send it through my local sendmail, that would solve my problem.
> >
> > No, it would mask your problem (`man band-aid`). The real solution is to
> > configure your MTA to use an "acceptable" argument to the HELO command, or to
> > tell it to forward your mail to your ISP's smarthost. This is possible with
> > sendmail or any other MTA.
Where do I 'configure my MTA to use an "acceptable" argument to the
HELO COMMAND ??
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