From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 4 11:31:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.actcom.net (mailserv.actcom.net [63.163.62.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A6D537B405 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:31:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from 63-163-62-13.iprev.actcom.net (63-163-62-135.iprev.actcom.net [63.163.62.135]) by mail.actcom.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251E54E8E0 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:03:07 -0700 (MST) Received: (from mbueide@localhost) by 63-163-62-13.iprev.actcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA01425 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:31:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from mbueide) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:31:15 -0700 From: mike bueide To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Outbound mail using mutt+sendmail? Message-ID: <20011104123115.A1388@actcom.net> References: <20011101162520.A4112@actcom.net> <20011102021255.A28219@sympatico.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20011102021255.A28219@sympatico.ca>; from david@skytrackercanada.com on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:12:55AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:12:55AM -0500, David Banning wrote: > I have run into the same problem as you have. > I believe the reason these problems exist is an attempt to cub spam. > The only solution I was able to go to was using my yahoo account. > I set it up to allow pop access and smtp forwarding. ..... > > Let me know if you find another way around this. > What if I just set the hostname of my computer to that of one of the ip addresses my provider gives me? Wouldn't that "fake" my way around not having a registered domain name? Would there be any problems arising from this? It seems to work anyway. I suppose if all else fails, I'll probably just register a domain name and pay someone to provide the DNS service for me. ... mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message