> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > >> How do I tell mailx to just use [email protected], and not prefix it with >> rsteff@? > I wonder if this is because you're sending mail from yourself to yourself. > Try sending to someone else; I'll accept your test message and let you know > if it doesn't arrive. :-) > >
rsteff@moonguide:~$ echo "This is a test." | mailx -s "Testing" [email protected] send-mail: 550 5.1.0 <rsteff@[email protected]> invalid address Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1 rsteff@moonguide:~$ echo "This is a test." | mailx -v -s "Testing" [email protected] [<-] 220 omta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net comcast ESMTP server ready [->] EHLO [email protected] [<-] 250 OK [->] STARTTLS [<-] 220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS [->] EHLO [email protected] [<-] 250 OK [->] AUTH LOGIN [<-] 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 [->] cnN0ZWZmQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 [<-] 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 [<-] 235 2.7.0 ... Authentication succeeded [->] MAIL FROM:<rsteff@[email protected]> [<-] 550 5.1.0 <rsteff@[email protected]> invalid address send-mail: 550 5.1.0 <rsteff@[email protected]> invalid address Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1 This is weird. Sending with ssmtp directly works. Could it be something with the configuration of ssmtp? Here's what I have: rsteff@moonguide:~$ cat /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf # # The following is based on instructions found at # http://www.bunkerhollow.com/blogs/matt/archive/2010/10/12/ubuntu-send-email-with-ssmtp-and-google-apps-gmail.aspx # mailhub=smtp.comcast.net [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] AuthPass=***************** UseSTARTTLS=yes UseTLS=yes FromLineOverride=yes rsteff@moonguide:~$ -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
