On 3 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Michael Beattie writes:
> > What I would like to know is what are peoples opinion's on their own
> > configurations, and what the pro's and con's are. One I can think of;
> > Daniel's rewriting of /etc/smail/config every login,...
>
> I may try that.
>
> > ... versus having visible_name set to your ISP's domain,...
>
> That is what I am doing now, but I don't like it. It would be fine if I
> could get smail to use my complete popmail name, though. Can sendmail do
> that?
>
> > ...to have a valid hostname.
>
> I have one. It just makes things worse, since it isn't in my isp's domain.
I gather you mean a valid domain as in being in the DNS??
> > What would people suggest in my situation, where my ISP's SMTP server
> > does not mind invalid hostnames?
>
> That may change.
hehe.... not my ISP, they are so slack that billing sometimes get
completly screwed up...
> > should I just use it as a smarthost, and forget about visible_name?
>
> Those are unrelated.
True, but I meant in the situation that with visible_name set to my ISP, I
would not have to use a smarthost for spam-rejecting sites, as it would
appear you are masquerading as your ISP, which has a valid hostname on the
DNS... And using a smarthost, visible_name could be set to your machine's
name.
> > I have not understood how to set up a smarthost, how is this done?
>
> In /etc/routers I have:
>
> smart_host:
> driver=smarthost, transport=smtp;
> path=bucky.win.bright.net
Thanks.... I'll give that a go...
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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