>>>>> "Rob" == Rob MacWilliams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> For instance, my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], so I >>> answered "airmail.net" here. This tells smail that mail with this >>> name is meant for it, and that any mail it sens out should look >>> like it came from this address. >>> >>> >> for "Any other names", answer with any other domain names that >>> may arrive on your machine >>> Rob> Don't you want your localhost name here? It seems to me that Rob> cron, etc. would otherwise send your system messages to your Rob> ISP? For instance smail, if a message bounces it would go to Rob> [EMAIL PROTECTED] not back to you even if it was generated Rob> internally. That is my concern, my ISP doesn't need to have my Rob> error messages sent to him. Maybe I'm out to lunch, I hope so, Rob> because it would make my config job much easier. bounces occur while your MTA is talking to the machine it is delivering to. So it does the bounce and does it correctly to the local machine. (at least with sendmail I assume smail is the same) Heck I have sendmail on my machine translating both hostname and usernames to different ones and there is no problem. Jim -- @James LewisMoss | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Blessed Be! @ http://www.cs.sc.edu/~moss | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Linux is cool! @"Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours." Bach -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
