Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)
Michael Beattie writes:
> What I would like to know is what are peoples opinion's on their own
> configurations, and what the pro's and con's are. One I can think of;
> Daniel's rewriting of /etc/smail/config every login,...
I may try that.
> ... versus having visible_name set to your ISP's domain,...
That is what I am doing now, but I don't like it. It would be fine if I
could get smail to use my complete popmail name, though. Can sendmail do
that?
> ...to have a valid hostname.
I have one. It just makes things worse, since it isn't in my isp's domain.
> What would people suggest in my situation, where my ISP's SMTP server
> does not mind invalid hostnames?
That may change.
> should I just use it as a smarthost, and forget about visible_name?
Those are unrelated.
> I have not understood how to set up a smarthost, how is this done?
In /etc/routers I have:
smart_host:
driver=smarthost, transport=smtp;
path=bucky.win.bright.net
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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