Re: problem mailing on my localnet
I scanned www.linuxdoc.org yesterday and saw that there is
a mail-admin-howto. Maybe this helps
On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 09:15:17AM -0400, dradov@bellatlantic.net wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to setup a small (for the moment) two machine private
> network, but I'm having trouble mailing from a user on one machine to a
> user on the other machine. I am using a hub, and the machines are able
> to ping to each other.
>
> My Debian linux box is a 486 which I plan on using as a
> firewall/masquerading/gateway to my DSL ISP, but to do this I need to
> upgrade my glibc and some other programs. These programs reside on my
> other linux box which runs MkLinux on a Mac clone. To make a long story
> short, the only practical way I can see to transfer the programs is to
> either mail or ftp them from the Mac to the 486.
>
> The 486 debian uses mutt and exim, and the Mac Mklinux uses pine and
> sendmail. I've gone over all the configuration files I can think of, but
> still -- after many many maddening hours of trying -- the localnet mail
> system is not working.
>
> Also, and this may be a clue to the above problem, trying to anonymously
> ftp the files is a problem because the ftp server on the mac won't
> recognize the client's email address (which it asks for) as a valid password.
>
> Any insight into solving this would be very appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Dan Radovsky
> dradov@bellatlantic.net
>
>
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