Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-05 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > As long as the MX wasn't set up, I got a reply from the mailsystem (DNS > lookup failed for internet-treff.uni-koeln.de) if I tried to send mail > from the system. The same for mails to the system using the MX address > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > This

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-05 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Daniel Martin wrote: > Well, my conclusion is that you've done something to the basic smail > satellite option - specifically, your /etc/smail/directors file has > something in it besides the smartuser director. What you appended of your > configuration isn't enough to tell.

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-04 Thread Daniel Martin
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > > Use the option "satellite system". > > > > No - DON'T. Satellite is useful if and only if all the usernames of > > any account that will ever receive any mail are either mentioned in > > /etc/aliases or match the usernames on your smarthost. A

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-04 Thread Martin Bialasinski
> > Use the option "satellite system". > > No - DON'T. Satellite is useful if and only if all the usernames of > any account that will ever receive any mail are either mentioned in > /etc/aliases or match the usernames on your smarthost. Among other > things, the satellite setup makes using fetc

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-04 Thread by way of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Daniel Martin writes: > Among other things, the satellite setup makes using fetchmail near > impossible. I personally think that a big warning should be issued if > you choose this option, as people seem to think that it's the appropriate > choice for intermittently connect PPP machines. It seems

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-04 Thread john
Daniel Martin writes: > Among other things, the satellite setup makes using fetchmail near > impossible. I personally think that a big warning should be issued if > you choose this option, as people seem to think that it's the appropriate > choice for intermittently connect PPP machines. It seems

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-04 Thread Daniel Martin
On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Unga Synskadade Smaland Blekinge / Peter Nilsson wrote: > > > Now that I have went over to using PPP over a modem line, I have got some > > trouble. The problem is that I have no official hostname. Therefore, I > > call my host p

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-04 Thread Martin Bialasinski
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Unga Synskadade Smaland Blekinge / Peter Nilsson wrote: > Now that I have went over to using PPP over a modem line, I have got some > trouble. The problem is that I have no official hostname. Therefore, I > call my host peter. I have configured smail for "Internet site" > (smai

Re: Mail problem - smail

1997-12-03 Thread Daniel Martin
On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Unga Synskadade Smaland Blekinge / Peter Nilsson wrote: > Does anyone know how to force smail not to check that the host on the > From: address is valid. Another solution would be to get the From: line to > be rewritten to "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]". I can't find a way to get >

Mail problem - smail

1997-12-03 Thread Unga Synskadade Smaland Blekinge / Peter Nilsson
(Please answer to the adress [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am not on the list, because of my problems.) Hi, For a year now, I have had my computer connected to the INternet via ethernet. I've used smail and Pine for e-mail, which has worked very fine. Now that I have went over to using PPP over a modem lin