At 9:27 AM +1000 2002/08/12, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> The problem is that the
> home machine will either stamp unqualified addresses ("cameron") with
> a bogus domain (eg "localhost.localdomain" on unmodified redhat boxes)
> or with the ISP's domain (if you've so configured it), which is a LIE,
> because most accounts on your machine either don't exist in the ISP or
> collide with other users.
See my previous messages. This is not a problem, if you have
configured the box correctly and, more importantly, you have
configured mutt correctly.
> the crucial point most people seem to miss here, aside from the whole
> lack-of-domain thing, is that if you're going to use you local machines
> mail system, _all_ email clients must be able to use it (without special
> config hacks like my_hdr), and all local accounts must be able to use it.
Again, that's not necessarily true. Even if it is true, with
proper configuration, you can support this.
> That's the whole point! A single user single client setup might as well
> speak directly to a legitimate SMTP service from one's ISP.
That would be the preferred method, yes. However, it is not the
only option.
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