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Re: Smail/Sendmail Question



> Graham> Hello, I was wondering if the following is possible using
> Graham> either Smail or Sendmail,
> 
> 	Simple in sendmail.
> 
> Graham> What I want to do is to use smail or sendmail mail to deliver
> Graham> my internet email, The problem I have is that I need one of
> Graham> these packages to deliver any local mail or network mail to
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Graham> the appropriate user/server, but to queue all internet email
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Graham> until my dialup connection is established using ppp, I also
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Graham> need smail or sendmail to change the "from" address of the
> Graham> email to the address of my internet email account, (i.e. email
> Graham> bound for the internet needs the "From" address changed from
> Graham> "graham@mail.org" which is my Linux box to
> Graham> "graham@internet.com" my internet email account).
> 
> Graham> Is this possible?  if so how.
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> OSTYPE(debian)dnl
> FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl
> define(`confDELIVERY_MODE', `queue')
> MAILER(local)dnl
> MAILER(smtp)dnl
> Cwinternet.com
> MASQUERADE_AS(internet.com)dnl
> ______________________________________________________________________

Maybe I'm wrong, but doesn't this rewrite 'From' for every message, and not
only for those 'going out' of his LAN?
Also, doesn't confDELIVERY_MODE=queue queue all messages and wait for runq
to make the delivery?

I'm asking these question 'cos I have the same problem.
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