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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:16:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mark Cockrum <n9842643@cc.wwu.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sendmail config. question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161615420.17775-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <364EBD0A.BE92290E@cc.wwu.edu>

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On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Mark Cockrum wrote:

> I'm new to FreeBSD and i'm trying to set up my sendmail.cf file to work
> with my ISP.  I have a non dedicated connection and 2 pop3 accounts to
> worry about for receiving mail.  I am a college student and my current
> main mailing address is n9842643@cc.wwu.edu, along with the secondary
> address napalm@halcyon.com.  I chose the arbitrary name
> inferno.cc.wwu.edu for my machine name since the university ISP never
> assigned me one.
> 
> >From the information I got from the FAQ and handbook, I am now able to
> send mail out but every message header has the name "root@cc.wwu.edu"
> instead of "n9842643@cc.wwu.edu" in the replete box.  Furthermore, I
> can only see my mail on my system if I am the user name of the mail I
> am receivinetc/Untitledg (so I have to change from being root to being
> n9842643 on
> my box every time.)
> 
> I attached a copy of my current sendmail.cf file.  Is there anyone out
> there that can tell me a way to just have everything on my system sent
> to root, and for my outgoing mail user name to just be n9842643?

See www.sendmail.org's virtusertable info.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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