the other machine should have the entry of your network in it's
/etc/mail/relay-domains
try using the vsnl server (eg 202.54.9.23) if you have a VSNL account (or
your own ISP's smtp server)
For receiving replies, the machine should be a POP/IMAP server with your
account there, or it should accept to relay all mails for you to you
except from you (highly unlikely as that would make the mail server relay
mails promiscuously). You do need to put actual reply-to (or from) headers
in mail you send and not 192.168.*.* to receive any mail from
outside. (you can make sendmail rewrite domain names, but that isn't
feasible if you have lots of users who want their replies to be sent to
other machines). Best is to collect mail on a POP server (eg
mail.123india.com) and get it by fetchmail.
best wishes
Indraneel
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On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Rohit wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Arbit question and probably not related to Linux. Still I must ask.
> It is possible for me to send mails outside [to the world] from my
> own machine using smtp port 25 of another machine on that network,
> which _has_ an absolute IP address. I have configured that as the
> smtp server for my sendmail.
>
> Is there a way I can _receive_ reply to the mails I send from the same
> box? Would a hack like putting
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> work? Just tell me if it is _possible_. If it is possible, with this
> hack or something else, let me know. The machine is constantly wired
> to the net. If it is possible then I will get back in case I fail
> after trying.
>
> Rohit
>
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