Hi, David! Here is an e-mail that I got from Mark Carroll, who runs Debian/SMail/dynamic IP, and kindly enough shared his configuration files. Well, perhaps it may give you some more insights... He also mentioned that he welcomes questions concerning this configuration. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
------------------------- PPP scripts ------------------------------- There is also a collectio of PPP scripts that his friend Mark Nielsen put on the Web: http://linux.med.ohio-state.edu/nielsen/modem/carroll/ ---------------------SMAIL config file ----------------------------- Mark Carroll wrote: >Notice that I have carroll160.something as one of my visible names or >whatever. This domain doesn't exist and, if my machine were forwarding >mail to one with an MTA configured to try to catch junk mail, could cause >the mail to go off to God Knows Where and never be found again. I'm using >postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu as a smarthost. # This is the main Smail configuration file. # It was originally generated by `smailconfig', part of the Smail package # distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail system administrator. # It was originally generated by smailconfig at Thu Feb 26 12:44:51 EST 1998 # Please modify the above line, if you change this file by hand. # See smailconf(5) for details of the things that can be configured here. visible_name=carroll160.acs.ohio-state.edu -domains hostnames=stormcloud.acs.ohio-state.edu:carroll160.acs.ohio-state.edu max_load_ave=5 smtp_accept_max=20 smtp_accept_queue=10 rfc1413_query_timeout=15 require_configs -second_config_file -qualify_file -retry_file copying_file=/usr/doc/smail/copyright max_message_size=10M received_field="Received: \ ${if def:sender_host\ {from $sender_host ${if def:sender_host_addr ([$sender_host_addr]) }}\ {${if def:sender_host_addr:from [$sender_host_addr] }}}\ by $primary_name\n\t\ ${if def:sender_proto: with $sender_proto }\ ${if def:ident_sender:(ident $ident_sender using $ident_method) }\ id $message_id\n\t\ (Debian $version_string); $spool_date" ------------------------ SMAIL startup ----------------------------- 3. smail startup (text/plain) #!/bin/sh echo -n "Starting smail... " smail -bd -q5m -Q echo done > On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 02:59:32 CST, Alexander Kushnirenko wrote: > > Hi, All! > > > > Thanks to everyone who replyed on this message. I think problem is fixed > > now, > > and I would like to share my little experience. > [..] > > > For Mail program (package mailx) it is done in file: > > /etc/smail/config > > visible_name=domain # !! HERE !! fake name if you wish... > > more_hostnames=localhost > > -domains > > hostnames=linuxbox.domain # here is the true name > > > > For EXMH/MH program one need to modify: > > /etc/mh/mtstailor > > .... > > localname: domain > > .... > > Thanks! This last step appears to be the the missing one I needed to > ... > > I don't know if these ideas are in keeping with relevant traditions, or > if they're the best ideas, but shouldn't configuring mail for dialup > networking be fairly straightforward, no matter what an individual's > preferred email client, as long as it's debianized? > > If there are already plans to simplify mta and email client > configuration, please tell me so I don't pointlessly submit wish-list > items in the bug-db. > -- > David Stern > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
