From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 29 15:57:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20600 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:57:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20446 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 15:56:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA23864; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 23:22:25 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199801292322.XAA23864@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" cc: FreeBSD User Questions List Subject: Re: send-pr / mail masquerade In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:53:11 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 23:22:25 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" > I just created a port, and I'm trying to use the send-pr program to > notify FreeBSD. However, my machine is connected to the internet via > dialup, and its name is different from that of the isp's. It's name > does not resolve to a real ip address. Consequently, the message can't > be sent. Is there a way to get the message through? And, how I can I > make sendmail masquerade as the real hostname? Is a sendmai.cm file > valid? Thanks. Take a look at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/ispmail.html. I'll expand on this (the FAQ entry) shortly. > Joe Clarke > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....