Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:47:57 -0600 From: "Kevin Kinsey, Minister of Music, CSBC" <kdk@csbc-lamar.org> To: "Ray Kohler" <ataraxia@cox.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sendmail without (real) hostname? Message-ID: <006e01c285ee$fbc61a90$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> References: <3DC9A3B4.1030303@cox.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Kohler" <ataraxia@cox.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 5:20 PM Subject: sendmail without (real) hostname? > Is there any way to get outgoing mail working on a system with a dynamic > IP and no DNS entries? Mail is sent as it is but of course no one will > relay it. > All I really want is the ability to use send-pr so I can send patches > without having them mangled by line-wrapping. > > - @ > I believe I've had success with: $hostname someone.elses.fqdn $send-pr, etc. $hostname my.original.hostname or even: $hostname my.isps.mailserver $send-pr, etc. $hostname my.original.hostname <I'm *serious*> But you could probably make some people real unhappy that way, and I think sendmail's gotten past that, or at least some ISP's MTA's will check... :-) Not to *even* mention any questions of ethics :-| I guess you could: $hostname whatever.rev-ptr.says $send-pr, etc. $hostname my.original.hostname and see what happens? Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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