Re: Sendmail virtual domain trivia
Andrei
We found the problem. The sendmailconf script did not completely
overwrite
the sendmail.cf file when we updated the sendmail.mc file.
David
"Andrei D. Caraman" wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 1999 at 04:48:44PM -0600, David H. Gay wrote:
> > The answers have been helpful, but not addressed the real problem we
> > are trying to solve.
>
> Let me try this again...
>
>
> > We have 1 mail host. So setting up a relay for each domain is not
> > possible.
>
> Also not needed.
>
> > It would be nice but we would run out of IP addresses (unless we can set
> > up sendmail to work on several ports.)
>
> Not nice, as long as you can do it on one machine. Using several ports
> would not help. Nobody will connect to smtp on other port than 25...
>
> >
> > We have ISP-DOMAIN.NET and host COMPANY-X.COM, COMPANY-Y.COM etc.
> >
> > Our customers should be able to send email with their domain name as the
> > email address. For example JOE@COMPANY-X.COM instead of it going out as
> > JOE@ISP-DOMAIN.NET. They should just set their email address in their
> > POP/SMTP mail program.
>
> Yes. Doesn't that work for you?
>
> > For example the header of this message will have dgay@progworks.net
> > instead of dgay@program-works.com.
>
> OK, let's see. You seem to be using Netscape as a MUA. How do you send the
> messages? I suppose you connect to the smtp port on a Debian machine. (Did
> I guess it?) Now, if you just set your email to the desired value
> (dgay@progworks.com) in Netscape/Preferences/Mail&Newsgroups/Identity, you
> should be get the desired effect.
>
> Of course, sendmail would have to allow relaying for your IP address or for
> domain progworks.com.
>
> Hope this was clearer...
>
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David H. Gay
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The Program Works Software, Inc.
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