Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 19:09:47 +0000 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail and Identd Message-ID: <3A901DFB.F7EF77EA@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> References: <005701c099d4$eab634e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > What about installing IMP or other webinterface and forcing the > students that aren't savvy enough to know how to use their > mail client properly to use that instead? This allows you to > centralize all administration on the mail clients to in effect > the central mailserver, and in addition allows the students to > check mail from any browser. > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [snip original message] Thanks for your reply, but... :) I only installed Internet access and mail just before Xmas. We've just spent a half-term getting (1500) user accounts setup. I would not be a very popular guy if I changed track at this point. The problem is not with 'savvy'. It's a _feature_. You log on and send some mail. If the network drive with your profile is not available you get the default user settings. (No-one checks account details every time they mail). The mail goes out with a random users return address. Sendmail only checks the hostname, which is correct (and masqueraded anyway). The only clue that this is happening is when you read mail and the prompted account name is not your own. God bless Bill Gates. -- ian j hart ICT Technician. Cardinal Newman School. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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