OK, so now I'm responding to my OWN posts...
I found a great resource (linked from RedHat Solutions DB article on email
configuration) called the MailHelp FAQ & HOWTO. Check it out at:
http://www.moongroup.com/docs/mailhelp-HOWTO/index.html
Everything you always wanted to know about configuring MTA's (sendmail,
postfix, etc.).
Thanks, me!
JFK
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, James F. Kubecki wrote:
> OK...
>
> Here's a problem I'm having with email. I'm trying to get Mutt running on
> my system, but I'm having a bit of a problem, and I seem to actually be
> having the problem in Pine as well with less impact. Here's the deal:
>
> As a dialup user, I of course don't have a static domain name, so I just
> use a dummy domain name ("dallas") for my home network. My laptop,
> therefore is ibook.dallas.
>
> I have several POP accounts ([EMAIL PROTECTED], my "real" email address
> for my ISP - [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.). When I compose email, I set
> the "From" address appropriately, and send the email. The problem is that
> my machine (don't know if it's my MUA or Postfix, which I use as the MTA
> for outgoing mail) sets the email "envelope" (and the X-Sender field as
> well) to say that the mail is from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Some email
> servers are apparently rejecting this as an invalid domain name (and
> rightly so).
>
> So the question IS, how the heck do I set this up right? I consider
> myself an "advanced newbie", but I'm stumped on this one. :)
>
>
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James F. Kubecki
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