Re: Mail problem
Rick Jones wrote:
>
> Pete:
>
> I have been able to get my email to go through. There has most
> definately been a change someplace, here.
>
> I had to use the reply-to field and change my from to my systems idea
> of who I am for it to work. This means that anybody without a static
> IP, domain name, etc. has to convolute their setup just to use the
> list. Or login to their own system with the same username as their ISP
> email and use their ISP mailer for outbound mail.
>
> I've been on this mailing list since bo was a babe in the unstable tree
> and I never used reply-to like this. I don't see how a newbie is going
> to be able to get advise if their email isn't even getting put on the
> list, and they aren't being sent anything from the mailer daemon telling
> them this is happening.
>
> I don't intend to sound like I'm bitching. I just have 0 tact skills.
> I do think this is a major problem, though.
>
> I don't know if it's some kind of upgrade you've done to the lists
> mailer or if it's something in sendmail's config on my end, since I've
> never used that qmail and I hate screwing with sendmail so I do as
> little as I can with it.
>
> Maybe this was actually a bug in previous versions not to include
> x-envelope-sender and from fields but it is sure throwing a wrench in
> the gears now. Seems to me there should be an option to stop qmail from
> checking for matching x-sender and x-from envelope entries.
>
> I suspect this is a kind of spam killer but it is also killing a
> default newbie configuration for sending mail to the list.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> I am CCing this to the list in case somebody else is having this
> problem. Not to start a huge thread about spamming and tuff-luck for
> newbies.
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