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Date:      Thu, 8 Jun 2006 08:06:53 +0300
From:      a@zeos.net
To:        Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: On mail principles
Message-ID:  <20060608050653.GB757@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <71E6E95B-C77A-4563-863F-12E0BA8C78BD@mac.com>
References:  <20060607172044.GG923@localhost> <71E6E95B-C77A-4563-863F-12E0BA8C78BD@mac.com>

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On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 05:43:23PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote:
> On Jun 7, 2006, at 1:20 PM, a@zeos.net wrote:
> >But this way is bad for local purposes: my MTA's diagnostic messages are sent
> >trough internet or lost at all, e. g. when my ADSL is in down.
> >(Moreover, my letters sent to other local users have non-local "envelope from"
> >address. Then local mail begin to go through external MTA.)
> >
> >What to do in such a situation?
> 
> See the sendmail documentation [1] on MASQUERADE_AS().
> 
> --
> -Chuck
> 
> [1]: /usr/share/sendmail/cf/README, or check the FAQ from www.sendmail.org...

That is not a proper feature because of different local users can use world 
mail addresses with different hostnames. But masquerading is good only for 
one domain.


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