Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:19:21 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'vallo@matti.ee'" <vallo@matti.ee>, Steve Reid <sreid@alpha.sea-to-sky.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Sendmail, dialup connection, multiple users. Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105AAD@site2s1>
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Also, you're going to want to take a look at sendmail.org. There is alot of documentation out there about masquerading, etc... I'm actually having the same trouble with changing the name the sendmail reports when delivering the mail, and I've hit a wall, if I get it figured out, I'll let you know. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Vallo Kallaste [SMTP:vallo@matti.ee] > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 7:21 AM > To: Steve Reid > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Sendmail, dialup connection, multiple users. > > On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 02:54:43PM -0700, Steve Reid > <sreid@alpha.sea-to-sky.net> wrote: > > > The FAQ details how to change the domain name on outgoing mail to match > > that of the ISP. But what do you do when there are multiple users on the > > system, who's email addresses have different domain names, and who's > > local user names don't match their user names in their email addresses? > > > > My hostname is "grok", the domain name I'm using is simply "nodomain". > > These are a couple of my users: > > > > Local user Email address > > steve@grok.nodomain sreid@sea-to-sky.net > > vern@grok.nodomain figaro6@hotmail.com > > > > Each user can set the From: line in the mail headers just fine using > > most MUAs, but when the local sendmail tries to deliver the message it > > seems to be telling the remote MTA that our hostname is "grok.nodomain", > > and many sites (including freebsd.org) refuse to accept mail from us > > because "grok.nodomain" is bogus. > > > > Is it sufficient to set sendmail's idea of the domain to some other > > random domain name that does exist (like "hotmail.com"), and depend on > > the From: line in the mail to get return mail going where it's supposed > > to? If I were to do that, would error messages relating to > > "steve@grok.nodomain" end up going to "steve@hotmail.com" instead of > > "sreid@sea-to-sky.net"?? Is there anything else I can do??? > > > > Also, the FAQ refers to M4-processable configuration files in > > /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/cf. It says that if you have the CDROM you > > can get those files by installing the /cdrom/dists/src/ssmailcf.aa > > distfile. Where do you get those files if you don't have a recent CD? I > > checked ftp.freebsd.org in the 3.2-RELEASE/src directory but could not > > find any ssmailcf.aa distfile. > > The sendmail distribution itself is in the /usr/src/contrib/sendmail > directory and the freebsd.mc is in the /usr/src/etc/sendmail directory. > I don't know sendmail well, but it seems you need to look at > genericstable feature. Also the masquerade_envelope can be something to > look at. I really don't know exactly. Grab the sources using anonymous > cvs, the real distribution is behind contrib_sendmail module. Well, it > seems to me that sendmail has rich documentation but this is poorly > organized. I'm newbie, thought. > -- > > Vallo Kallaste > vallo@matti.ee > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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