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Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 a écrit:

> >> I found sendmail easier to setup than smail... others would probably
> >> disagree.
>
> I can belive that but ideally I would like to use smail but if sendmail will do
> what i want then i will use that.
>
> >> I have sendmail set up as :
> >> sendmail -bd -q 15m
>
> same as mine at the moment.
>
> >> I am using a win95 machine hooked to a linux machine which is on a dialup
> >> to an ISP.
>
> I am not, i have 3 linux server on as a mail server, web server, DNS Server and
> it is this machine that is used to dialup the internet and upload/download
> internet email.  So it needs to be able to tell the difference between an
> internal bound email and an internet bound email.
>
> >> I just killed ppp on the linux machine and sent mail through it from the
> >> win95 machine.
> >> It queued the message then sent it out when pppupd reconnected.
>
> All well and good but what does it do why you try to send email destined for
> another user on the same server or to a different server.
>
> >> The outgoing server on the win95 machine must be kept as an ip address
> >> because the nameserver won't be running on the linux machine until it is
> >> connected to an ISP name service.  e.g  SMTP server 192.168.1.25 in my
> >> case.
>
> I works for me when i am connected but my email address is kept the same i.e.
> user@internal.net.org not user@internet.com as it should be, this prevents
> someone replying to that email as the return address is not valid.  So i just
> get a reply saying that the internet isp's mail server cannot deliver the
> email.
>
> >> It did not change the headers at all.
> >> I can send you a copy of the config file (sendmail.cf) if you require.
> >>
> >> Ian
> >>
>
>         Graham
> >>
> >> ----------
> >> > From: mfrattola@mail.enjoy.it
> >> > To: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>
> >> > Cc: debian linux <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> >> > Subject: Re: Smail/Sendmail Question
> >> > Date: Monday, 9 March 1998 2:48
> >> >
> >> > > 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.
> >> > --
> >> > ||    || |||||||  Marco Frattola                     Microsoft is not the
> >> answer
> >> > ||`..'|| |||...   Piacenza, Italy                    Microsoft is the
> >> question
> >> > |||  ||| |||''    mfrattola@mail.enjoy.it            "No" is the answer
> >> > |||  ||| |||      www.enjoy.it/users/~mk/index.html  Live Linux, live
> >> free!
> >> >
> >> >
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