[ale] weird mail issue

dmcnash at charter.net dmcnash at charter.net
Fri Jan 16 09:42:10 EST 2009


Try adding a REPLYTO to your root environment
i.e. REPLYTO=dmcnash at charter.net

I think the smarthost will not forward with out a valid return address.
--
doug mcnash

---- Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote: 
> I configured sendmail to use mail.bellsouth.net as a smarthost and 
> masquerade as an appropriate valid host name. If I send email via the 
> command line as a normal user, all works fine.  If I send email via the 
> command line as root, it bounces complaining about an invalid host.
> 
> Hints?
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey
> 
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