Date: 22 Jul 1997 14:42:58 -0400 From: Jay Sachs <sachs@interactive.net> To: John-David Childs <jdc@denver.net> Cc: dkelly@HiWAAY.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail and mail hub Message-ID: <87racrszbh.fsf@luddite.org> In-Reply-To: John-David Childs's message of "Sun, 20 Jul 1997 19:22:05 -0600 (MDT)" References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970720185116.6492A-100000@milehigh.denver.net>
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John-David Childs <jdc@denver.net> writes: > On Sun, 20 Jul 1997 dkelly@HiWAAY.net wrote: [ ... ] > Yes, but it's far easier to send mail directly via Sendmail as you've been > doing, but defining your email address to be whatever it would be if you > were using hiwaay.net's SMTP server (e.g. dkelley@hiwaay.net) > > > > So I've started hacking on /etc/sendmail.cf just to see what kind of > > trouble I can get into (I'm the only user of this system, so I can only > > hurt myself, right?). This looked interesting in /etc/sendmail.cf: > > > > # "Smart" relay host (may be null) > > DS > > > > So I changed it to: > > > > # "Smart" relay host (may be null) > > #DS > > DSmail.hiwaay.net > > That works too. > > > > > Elsewhere I did the same thing for: > > > > # who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M) > > DMmail.hiwaay.net > > > > BAD! Your ISP will shoot you. You should not masquerade as another host > without permission. Why is this so evil? If I run a stand-alone machine connected only via dynamic PPP, I want things like Sender: to look like a valid hostname, which it won't unless I do some masquerading. I know this isn't The Right Thing To Do but this is a (IMO) reasonable response to the plethora of broken software (both autoresponders and clients) out there. If my ISP didn't charge so much for a static IP address or to host a domain name, I'd go with one of those (far superior) solutions. -Jay
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