Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:35:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: ashley@labyrinth.net.au Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail question Message-ID: <199804111635.LAA20789@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: <199804111501.BAA00850@labyrinth.net.au>
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On 12 Apr, ashley wrote: > hi! following FAQ109.html in the FreeBSD FAQ i have configued sendmail so that > it will use my isp's hostname instead of my local box in the from: when > sending email. > > i use this in an mc file to make the sendmail.cf > > VERSIONID(`insomnia.mc version 1.3') > OSTYPE(bsd4.4)dnl > FEATURE(nouucp)dnl > MAILER(local)dnl > MAILER(smtp)dnl > Cwinsomnia.home.bsd > Cwlabyrinth.net.au > MASQUERADE_AS(`labyrinth.net.au')dnl > FEATURE(allmasquerade)dnl > FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl > FEATURE(nocanonify)dnl > FEATURE(nodns)dnl > define(SMART_HOST, `mail.labyrinth.net.au') > Dmlabyrinth.net.au > define(`confDOMAIN_NAME',`labyrinth.net.au')dnl > > however, there is a problem with this. my isp's domain is labyrinth.net.au. i > can send email to people just fine. EXCEPT for people who are also subscribers > to my isp. so if i send email to foo@labyrinth.net.au sendmail tried to > deliver it to my local machine (i assume because of the masquerading), instead > of to user foo on my isp. > > any help and advice is greatly appreciated. > > Ciao. > Ashley. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I maybe mistaken here as I am not a sendmail expert, but it appears that you don't have your local mailer defined. Frank -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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