On Mon,28.Jul.08, 20:22:36, Arvind Marathe wrote: > > > > Do you use smtp.gmail.com for sending? > > > > > > No. > > > > Well, this explains it all :) gmail hasn't seen the mail before so it > > lets you have it. > > > > Beware, if you use gmail also for sending you will definitely not > > receive your own postings. I choose the other way, I use gmail for > > sending and receive via my ISP's pop. This way I can use the gmail > > address to post, as my ISP won't allow a different 'From:'. > > I think i understand what you are saying. Just for curiosity, would > there be any advantage for me in having gmail for sending mail? I use > a desktop, not a laptop, which will always be sitting at my workplace. > I have configured exim right now to use my departments mail server as > smarthost for outgoing mail. That works both for my gmail and my > workplace mail. I don't know whether one can configure separate > outgoing hosts for different profiles in mutt, and as i said above, > whether there would be any advantage in doing that, in my case. I was somewhat forced to use gmail for smtp because my ISP doesn't allow sending mails with a 'From:' address not on their servers (and I don't want to use that address). For receiving I switched to my ISP's server because it was faster than gmail. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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