smail, the sequel
After reading and trying out many of the ideas I've seen here and
elsewhere regarding smail configuration for dialup networking, I've
decided to ask for some more help.
VISIBLE_NAME and PRIMARY_NAME are now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
being set to u.washington.edu after PRIMARY_NAME=u.washington.edu
properly configuring "hostnames" and VISIBLE_NAME=u.washington.edu
"visible_name" in /etc/smail/config , ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Likewise, the Sender: field in ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a mail to my isp account is ok Sender: kotsya@mxu1.u.washington.edu
now, thanks: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Moreover, I think I found the explanation as to why mails to my isp
account have the correct hostname in the Sender: field while perusing
"man smailtrns", although I'm not certain. My theory is that by
setting visible_name to my isp's domain, the mail is considered "local"
and there is no lookup with the dns.
Ultimately, I have the problem with most non-local mail:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /var/log/smail/logfile) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Received FROM:kotsya@localhost HOST:localhost [127.0.0.1] [..]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And the response from my smarthost:
~~~~ From: <MAILER-DAEMON@u.washington.edu> (evil looking picon)~~~~~
|--------------------- Failed addresses follow: -------------------|
<smail3-users@cs.athabascau.ca> ... transport smtprewriter: 550
'<kotsya@localhost>SIZE=724' sender address target 'localhost' is not
a valid e-mail domain.
|--------------------- Message text follows: ----------------------|
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost
with esmtp (ident kotsya using rfc1413) id m0yBxrw-0001bOC
(Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:25:08 -0800
[..]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Would someone with more experience in this area please advise me what I
need to change to be able to use smail to send mail somewhere other
than myself and this list?
--
David Stern
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