Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:53:36 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Gary Schenk <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: newbie mail help Message-ID: <20030121125336.GA657@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <002b01c2c0e4$880c9e40$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com> References: <15913.7775.157128.271738@guru.mired.org> <002b01c2c0e4$880c9e40$6501a8c0@socal.rr.com>
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On 2003-01-20 16:32, Gary Schenk <gwschenk@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> I am attempting to use Pine with fetchmail and sendmail over a cable
> modem to my ISP.
>
> There is some basic setting that I am unaware of. I now can send
> mail and newsgroup messages out over the internet, but the return
> address is incorrect. It uses my pc account login ID, gschenk, as
> the left side of my address instead of my ISP account name of
> gwschenk. Where is this configured? It doesn't seem to be setup in
> .pinerc or .fetchmailrc. Is it in sendmail somewhere?
You should add (or mofidy appropriately) the following to your
.pinerc file:
feature-list=allow-changing-from
default-composer-hdrs=From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>,
To:,
Cc:,
Bcc:,
Attchmnt:,
Subject:
The allow-changing-from feature allows editing of the From: header for
all outgoing messages when enabled, and the default-composer-hdrs sets
some of the headers for your outgoing messages to reasonable defaults.
> The fetchmail man page says that sendmail needs to be listening on
> port 25. When I run <ps auxw | grep sendmail > the output is:
>
> root 102 0.0 1.8 2760 2196 ?? Ss 2:45PM 0:00.14 sendmail: accepting \
> connections (sendmail)
> smmsp 105 0.0 1.7 2660 2180 ?? Is 2:45PM 0:00.01 sendmail: Queue \
> runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmai
>
> Shouldn't it indicate port 25 somewhere?
No, not really.
> How do I know I have a port 25?
> How do I know it is listening at port 25?
Use sockstat(1).
$ sockstat -l4 | grep :25
root sendmail 445 4 tcp4 *:25 *:*
> Could I have the wrong path set up in Pine for the INBOX?
> I'm using /var/mail/gschenk.
As long as "gschenk" is your username, this is fine.
> Do I need professional assistance to set up email?
It's not difficult. You should also check the FreeBSD Handbook.
Especially the chapter about mail...
> I'd better end this message here as I feel a major whine coming on! :)
Nah, not really :)
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