Re: exim4 vs. frontier.com
On 2022-11-13, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 12 Nov 2022 at 13:41:35 (-0000), Curt wrote:
>> On 2022-11-12, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> > If and when that works, it should be simple to get exim to send
>> > to the smarthost in the same manner. It should involve only the
>> > two files /etc/exim4/{passwd.client,update-exim4.conf.conf} in
>> > most cases.
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/g/linux.debian.user/c/bAI10SqfmGA
>>
>> He asked the same question back in May but with some other data
>> points, not that it probably makes any difference.
>
> Yes, I referred to that, without citing it. However, the data points
> were related to exim, and also lacked much context.
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/05/msg00193.html
>
> It's quite possible that the OP has messed up exim's configuration
> by tinkering with it, so I think it's simpler (and may give confidence
> that frontier.com is not particularly unusual) by sending something
> via mutt alone. Then the data used by mutt can be translated into
> the equivalents for exim.
>
> BTW this goes back somewhat further—does this ring a bell?
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/07/msg00115.html
No, but the following thread I do remember vaguely:
https://linux.debian.user.narkive.com/3PRw93ts/email-lacks-sender-address
> Cheers,
> David.
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