Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Malcolm Kay
The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent directly through sendmail or equivalent rather than inderctly through an ISP mail service. I can certainly successfully send mail directly via sendmail but as I don't have a static IP address or a registered name the (bogus?) name used

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:17:47PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent directly through sendmail or equivalent rather than inderctly through an ISP mail service. Does it not work if you configure sendmail to send via your ISP's mail server?

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2008-03-16 18:17, Malcolm Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent directly through sendmail or equivalent rather than inderctly through an ISP mail service. I can certainly successfully send mail directly via sendmail but as I don't have a

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:46 pm, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:17:47PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent directly through sendmail or equivalent rather than inderctly through an ISP mail service. Does it not work if you

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:26:07AM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:46 pm, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:17:47PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent directly through sendmail or equivalent rather than

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Mel
On Sunday 16 March 2008 08:47:47 Malcolm Kay wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent directly through sendmail or equivalent rather than inderctly through an ISP mail service. No. It assumes that the variable MAIL_AGENT in the environment is capable of sending

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2008-03-17 00:26, Malcolm Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:46 pm, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:17:47PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent directly through sendmail or equivalent rather than

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:07 am, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:26:07AM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:46 pm, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:17:47PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:59 am, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2008-03-17 00:26, Malcolm Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:46 pm, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:17:47PM +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: The send-pr appears to assume that mail can and will be sent

Re: Network identity for sending mail.

2008-03-16 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2008-03-17 08:36, Malcolm Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:07 am, Erik Trulsson wrote: I do not use sendmail myself, so I am not sure of all the details, but go to /etc/mail/ and define SMART_HOST appropriately in the right .mc file. Read the Makefile there for