Re: exim & mutt, weird
On Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 01:29:25AM +0000, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 1998 at 05:16:02PM -0400, Lee Bradshaw wrote:
>
> > > > In .muttrc I have:
> > > >
> > > > set hostname="earthlink.net" # my DNS domain
> > > > set use_from # always generate the `From:' header field
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help. Although this will certainly work, I'd ideally
> > > like a proper solution rather than just a workaround. I assume
> > > that you've had the same problem then, since you have implemented this?
> > > It worked fine here with smail.
> >
> > To me the correct way is "unset use_from" and let the MTA generate the
> > correct address. With the default "set use_from", I've seen hostname
> > info appear in the from address when that machine shouldn't be receiving
> > email.
>
> Please see my last message... In my case the from address the MTA would
> generate would bounce on reply I can almost guarantee.
Then it sounds like your MTA is broken. I don't think I should have
to fix the headers for every program (mail, mailx, mutt, elm, pine,
emacs...) when the MTA should handle it. From a security point of view,
you might not want users to be able to send mail that appears to be from
a different user. On a dial up system with only one user maybe it's not
an issue.
--
Lee Bradshaw lee@sectionIV.com (preferred)
Alantro Communications lee@alantro.com
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