[ale] Internet connection question

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Wed Apr 7 12:25:10 EDT 2004


Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
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> On Wednesday 07 April 2004 11:31 am, Walter Sams wrote: | IE   I want
> all email to be seen as comming from  myname at mycompany.com, | but my
> isp mail server is mail.joesmuck.net  and my user for the isp |
> account is dummy at joesmuck.net
> 
> Walter, This tip probably won't help much, but kmail can be easily 
> configured to accept more than one "identity" -- myname at mycompany.com
> That string value will be inserted into the headers on the "From:"
> line.

This won't work because the MTA will produce improper headers, thus some 
messages will bounce because they don't reverse resolve properly.

Again, I'd suggest Walter use his ISP to provide these services.  I 
assume they are already hosting your domain?

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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