SNIP > Now I realize that some of what I want to do is at crosspurposes with > some other things I want to do. > > For example: > * My mail on the Internet needs to look like it's coming from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that: > * mail hosts that will only relay for a known "subscriber" will > relay for me (I guess that depends on the envelope address), and > * replies to emails I send will come back to me (I guess that > depends on the header address) > > AFAICT, I need an entry in canonical to change my local address > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to the one that's valid on the Internet > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), at least when I send mail from the Linux mail > server (which I will do on occasion) -- my Windows email client > (Netscape) lets me specify my email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) so at > least the header address on outgoing mail is correct SNIP
I have a similar setup myself. Because I do not have a Fully Qualified Domain Name, anyone I send mail to could reject it because the IP address would not match the domain name. So that is why I relay via my ISP's SMTP server. Then a reverse DNS would look OK because the IP address of the host sending the mail will match the host name in the header (my ISPs) My ISPs mail server does not mind my not having a registered host name, because I am directly connected to their network, so they know who I am. Mail servers do not bother looking at the 'From' field in the mail because you could be using a different identity. (For example this mail apparently comes from cwcom.net while in fact my ISP is ntlworld) The identity of who is sending the mail is simply set up in the mail client. Kmail for example allows you to assume an identity based on which folder you are currently browsing. Take a look at the headers of this mail, and you can trace it through my system.(Read from bottom up) derek
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