Re: masq of hostname
Martin Högman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whenever I send a message to certain servers, they return the classic message "hostname unknown" to me. Does the hostname really exist, or not? If it does, then you should try to figure out why your DNS server says it doesn't. If it doesn't exist, then this is of course a correct error. I've set up the REPLYTO parameter in my shell (bash) to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I've set the my_hdr Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] , so that should be correct too... I'm sure it doesn't matter what you set your reply-to to... you're sending mail, not receiving it. Strangely, this does only happen with mutt, not with, say, pine or any other mail program... Utilizing mutt1.0pre3 from a RH 6.1 distribuion... Mutt and Elm should use exactly the same method to send mail. That is, if Elm can send mail without errors, Mutt should do as well, because they both pipe the mail directly to your local sendmail daemon. Whereas, Pine delivers mail to whatever mail server you specify, and that server routes it to the correct destination. Which would explain why Pine behaves differently. Of course, the easy thing to do is to configure your local sendmail daemon to simply route all mail through the same server that Pine would've used, since that is probably the mail hub for your site anyway. Simply use that server as a "smart host." -- David DeSimone | "The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | that there is no man really clever who has not Hewlett-Packard | found that he is stupid." -- Gilbert K. Chesterson UX WTEC Engineer |PGP: 5B 47 34 9F 3B 9A B0 0D AB A6 15 F1 BB BE 8C 44
Re: masq of hostname
Martin Högman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Tue, 26 Oct 1999: Of course, the easy thing to do is to configure your local sendmail daemon to simply route all mail through the same server that Pine would've used, since that is probably the mail hub for your site anyway. Simply use that server as a "smart host." Ah. Then I guess I have to find out how in tarnations I do that. This could keep me occupied for a while. Guess The Manual can be my friend, but if you have any suggestions, I'd be glad. One suggestion: don't use sendmail, use something else more easily managed. If you just want smart-host relaying, there are several alternatives, starting with sSMTP (for links which are up all the time) to qmail (a full-blown MTA like sendmail, only ... better -- IMHO). And I forget the name but I've seen on freshmeat announcements for some MTA which was designed to be used on hosts with only occassional links to the net, eg. dialup. Mikko -- // Mikko Hänninen, aka. Wizzu // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // http://www.iki.fi/wiz/ // The Corrs list maintainer // net.freak // DALnet IRC operator / // Interests: roleplaying, Linux, the Net, fantasy scifi, the Corrs / Bumper sticker: Cover me. I'm changing lanes.
Re: masq of hostname
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 10:34:07PM +0300, Mikko Hänninen wrote: One suggestion: don't use sendmail, use something else more easily managed. Point taken. If you just want smart-host relaying, there are several alternatives, starting with sSMTP (for links which are up all the time) to qmail (a full-blown MTA like sendmail, only ... better -- IMHO). And I forget the name but I've seen on freshmeat announcements for some MTA which was designed to be used on hosts with only occassional links to the net, eg. dialup. Well, thank god for FreshMeat. I'll have a check at qmail and a few others, and if this still puzzles me, I shall return. :) (I have a strange feeling that maybe exim could do what I want without killing me.) thanks, -- .---+-- - - --- -- -- -+- | Martin Högman [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] | [ http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/integer/36 ] `--+-+- --- - - - - -+ (mental note: stop installing red hat. everytime i do so, it takes ages to fix my system again.)
Re: masq of hostname
Martin Högman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Wed, 27 Oct 1999: Well, thank god for FreshMeat. I'll have a check at qmail and a few others, and if this still puzzles me, I shall return. :) I looked these up for someone from freshmeat (Daemons/SMTP), but maybe other people on the list may find them useful too so I'll post here. Two MTAs for hosts with dialup connections: MasqMail, http://merlin.uni-sw.gwdg.de/~okurth/masqmail/ OfflineMailer, http://huizen.dds.nl/~wottie/mailer/ I haven't tried either of these, my only experience with them is looking at the home pages. :-) (I have a strange feeling that maybe exim could do what I want without killing me.) Probably. I know qmail can do it because I used to have that setup, although it requires an extra package called serialmail. Mikko -- // Mikko Hänninen, aka. Wizzu // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // http://www.iki.fi/wiz/ // The Corrs list maintainer // net.freak // DALnet IRC operator / // Interests: roleplaying, Linux, the Net, fantasy scifi, the Corrs / Constant change is here to stay.
