On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 04:05 am, William Hubbs wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am running gentoo with exim as my mta.  I have mutt configured to 
read either local email or email from my isp (connecting to their pop3 
server).
> 
> I have found that when I try to send mail to a certain isp from my 
linux box, they bounce it and tell me that they will not receive mail 
from my ipaddress because it is a dynamic/residential address.  I guess 
they are attempting to block spam.
> 
> I looked in the mutt manual to see if it is possible to configure mutt 
to send mail through my isp's smtp server, but I didn't come up with 
anything.
> 
> Has anyone else run into this?  How are you getting around it?


Ther is a way, but it is a bit indirect. I habe this line in my .muttrc

set sendmail="/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -oem -t -C/home/paulcol/.mutt.cf"

The .mutt.cf file has my ISP's mail server set as a smart host. IIRC you 
also have to set yourself as a trusted user.


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