On 25/04/02 10:25 +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > On 25 Apr 2002 at 10:11, Praveen Kannan wrote: > > Can u suggest any ways i can make my situation more "mail friendly" ??? > > Or am i stuck with my ISP's smtp server ?? Hmmm, scream at your ISP to setup their DNS properly. RDNS should be allocated to them and they have to configure it. RDNS is in the domain in-addr.arpa.
> Is that bad? Why you need to run postfix on your machine? Just configure mail > client to send mails thr. ISP's server. Or sign up for a free pop service like > gmx/hotpop/softhome[sucks bad though].. mutt doesn't talk smtp. I run postfix on my own box too, even when I'm on a VSNL dialup. I don't want to use VSNL's servers because they are misconfigured for my needs. > > IMO configuring MTA's on dial up doesn't make any sense unless you are doing > some funky mail address maskarading. You shouldn't need it in normal > situations. No. You need it when your MUA of choice doesn't talk smtp, and/or when your ISP doesn't configure its mail server(s) properly. Devdas Bhagat _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
