From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 4 21:16:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA04547 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:16:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA04540 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:16:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk) Received: from (i-zone.demon.co.uk) [158.152.227.78] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0z3uzs-0002C1-00; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 04:16:21 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 05:15:37 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: John Subject: some questions about mail MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Version 4.00 beta 9 <5jmCrxUbpyYdwGXid1yqlWD9$N> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello experts A question about mail: I have fixed IP and I get mail via SMTP. I like to filter on either email name or the domain where it's coming from into the appropriate mailbox (for instance all freebsd stuff goes to freebsd-root@i- zone.demon.co.uk). This is simple enough, in etc/aliases (I am using sendmail) filters everything addressed to freebsd-root@ into the mailbox belonging to the user john. I am looking for a mail client that will allow me (once logged in as john), to go to (for instance, the freebsd-questions folder), compose a question (or an answer!) that has the From: field set to freebsd-root@i- zone.demon.co.uk (because it is under this name that I subscribe). Currently, in pine, I have a freebsd-root folder, but because I am logged in as john, the email comes out as from: freebsd-root which is suboptimal. Many mailing lists will not allow postings from other than the subscribed mailbox. Unfortunately, freebsd-root@ cannot be a login name as it has more than 8 chars. I hope that there is a way round this other than unsubscribing then subscribing again under a different name. Ideally the folder will be expireable like a newsgroup, and even more ideally it will have threading. I would be grateful for any non-abusive :-) suggestions that you may have. Thanks! -- John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message