On Sat, Jan 17, 1998 at 01:27:54PM -0600, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> I'm using smail with a dynamic dial-up IP number. It works fine (I
> can send mail), but it thinks I can receive mail, so the return
> address is garbage. This means that if mail bounces I never know the
> difference, which is bad.
> How can I configure smail to put in a valid return address, i.e., my
> real email address rather than the local machine address?
Using a different From-address is not the MTA's task but the job ob
the user agent. You can tell mutt, elm, pine etc. which from address
to use.
You can use some sort of header rewriting using a smart user but
I'd deprecate that as it could cause more problems and side effects.
Regards,
Joey
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