Re: Re[2]: configuring return address on outgoing mail
On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Bob Bernstein wrote: robert havoc pennington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A local expert tells me that bounced mail doesn't go to the From: address but to some other thing set by the MTA. I've tried sending mail to bad addresses and I get nothing back. So something's wrong. Perhaps you need to set visible_name to pobox.com, assuming that's the dialup ISP you're using. My understanding, for what it's worth, is that smail will default to your machine's name in lieu of a visible_name value. Hmm, pobox.com isn't the dialup, unfortunately. It's just an alias service, not an ISP. Check the archives of this list for this month and last month. There's been a tremendous amount of discussion of all this stuff. Is there any way to search the archives? Given their size, going through them by hand is a little tricky. I've been reading this list for a while though and don't remember a solution to this problem. Everything assumes either static IP address, email address == domain, using Pine, or something else like that... Thanks for the help though! Havoc Pennington -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Re[2]: configuring return address on outgoing mail
robert havoc pennington writes: Hmm, pobox.com isn't the dialup, unfortunately. It's just an alias service, not an ISP. I have 'visible_name=win.bright.net' so that the envelope address will be in brightnet's domain so as to keep the paranoid software at brightnet happy, and 'from_field=From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]' so that the 'From:' lines on outgoing mail have my real address. If your isp doesn't object (as brightnet does) to handling mail with an envelope address not in their domain, 'visible_name=pobox.com' may work fine. -- John HaslerThis posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re[2]: configuring return address on outgoing mail
robert havoc pennington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A local expert tells me that bounced mail doesn't go to the From: address but to some other thing set by the MTA. I've tried sending mail to bad addresses and I get nothing back. So something's wrong. Perhaps you need to set visible_name to pobox.com, assuming that's the dialup ISP you're using. My understanding, for what it's worth, is that smail will default to your machine's name in lieu of a visible_name value. Check the archives of this list for this month and last month. There's been a tremendous amount of discussion of all this stuff. Best regards, --- Bob Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] at Esmond, R.I. http://www.brainiac.com/bernie -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
