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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:35:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>
Subject: Re: sendmail question
To: ashley@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.
> 
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I maybe mistaken here as I am not a sendmail expert, but it appears
that you don't have your local mailer defined.
Frank


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