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has caused the Debian Bug report #15775,
regarding smail: smailconfig doesn't have a clear option for single-user dialup
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Package: smail
Version: 3.2-3
smailconfig is quite confusing. It should have an option which:
delivers mail on this machine
delivers remote mail to an SMTP server
allows individual users to get their mail from a POP server
allows individual users to set their From: and Reply-To: headers
behaves nicely if the network connection is down
It should say in parentheses which one of the options this is:
(Choose this option if you have a dynamic IP address and this
machine cannot receive mail from remote sites, but you do
have an SMTP server to send mail to.)
None of the existing options clearly do this (though maybe one of
them is the correct option, I don't know) - here's why they
seem confusing (to me anyway):
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(1) Internet site: you send and receive Internet mail on this
machine, using SMTP over TCP/IP.
Dialup can't receive internet mail. This is the option I'm using,
and it seems to work, but it sends mail from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" which
is not good. Seems to think it can receive mail.
(2) UUCP to smarthost (upstream site):
You send and receive mail via UUCP; outbound mail is sent to your
smarthost (probably your service provider) for routing and delivery.
Few people know what UUCP is, they won't understand this option.
I don't, though I know what the letters stand for.
(3) Satellite system:
No mail is to be delivered or routed here. Any mail generated
on this system is sent to a central mail switch using SMTP.
Local mail should be delivered, e.g. errors from the cron daemon.
This sounds like local mail won't be delivered.
(4) Local delivery only:
You are not on a network. Mail for local users is delivered.
Outgoing mail should be delivered to an SMTP server.
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Perhaps the larger problem is that there really should be a central
way to make sure any mail sent from the machine has an appropriate
From: address, i.e. a real address and not the local [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This may be a broader problem than smail. I don't know if the solution
is documenting what exists or coding something new.
Thanks,
Havoc Pennington
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-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux havoc 2.0.30 #1 Tue Dec 9 11:57:29 CST 1997 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages smail depends on:
libc5 Version: 5.4.33-7
libgdbm1 Version: 1.7.3-22
cron Version: 3.0pl1-41
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Version: 3.2.0.115-7.1+rm
The smail package has been removed from Debian testing, unstable and
experimental, so I am now closing the bugs that were still opened
against it.
For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/474068 . That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed, and suggestions of possible replacements.
Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
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Marco Rodrigues
http://Marco.Tondela.org
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