Thanks, Carel and Nate * nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [24-09-2002 03:26]: > > I could ofcourse also make up a domain name. For instance robian.inv or > > something like that. > if you don't own a domain I would make one up, and would try to > make one that is not taken, but something that is unusual enough that > it probably won't be taken. then you can configure your MTA to masq your > email to change all messages to show your real email address.
I think that would be the address rewriting rule that by default looks in /etc/email-addresses. I never liked it very much to have user stuff like that in /etc, but at the time it was the only way I knew how to have the "smarthost" at my isp accept my relay requests. At the time, I didn't know that the MID from my local exim would show up in the headers which potentially makes some people think less of me (i.e. borked-message-headers highlighting in mutt) I think I need a valid domainname for it to work. On a slightly related noted. How expensive is a pop-request (i.e. fetchmail) for the pop3 server. Since my isp is currently having problems with their mail systems, I was wondering, if they would be annoyed (perhaps, rightly so) if wannabe hackers like me, poll their pop3-server once every two minutes or so. Eventually I want to be independent of their mail infrastructure, but I don't feel opening my MTA to the outside world is a good idea for now. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
