Re: Mail problem - smail

[Daniel Martin <martind@math.jhu.edu>]

On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Unga Synskadade Smaland Blekinge / Peter Nilsson wrote:

<snip>
> 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: pnidv96@student.hv.se". I can't find a way to get
> Pine do that for me.
> 
> TIA
> /Peter
> ... and again, please answer to the address pnidv96@student.hv.se. Thanks.
> 

Well, this isn't _exactly_ what you asked for, but I'm certain it'll do.
On my box, I have smail rewrite headers on outgoing mail to get the From:
address correct.  I wrote up how I do this (and more) on a web page,
located at http://www.math.jhu.edu/~martind/mybox.html

But I'm a bit curious why you're getting this error - my smail _will_ send
out mail with From: headers pointing to invalid mailhosts (I have things
set up so that users in a certain database have their From: lines
rewritten, but those that aren't in the file don't get headers rewritten).
Are you certain that it's your smail that's producing this complaint, and
not the smtp server on your smarthost?

DANIEL MARTIN


--
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to
debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . 
Trouble?  e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .