Thanks George. What do you suggest as a good mail host? >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jul 18 17:57:54 1998 >Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by shorelink.com > with smtp (ident grep using rfc1413) id m0yxhnW-001CabC > (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Sat, 18 Jul 1998 17:57:54 -0700 (PDT) >Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 17:57:53 -0700 (PDT) >From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Mark Yobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: Sendmail setup. >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-No-Archive: yes >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Mark Yobb wrote: > >> Currently smail takes the name of my currently logged in >> username (on my system) and I end up with something like >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the From: field of my mail. >> I would like it to be From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] so people will be able >> to reply to me. I could create a user on my home system with the same >> name as my email name at my ISP but I think there must be some other >> way? > >Look at your email client configuration and see if you can set the From: >and Reply-To: lines there. Same for your newsreader. Make sure you set an >Errors-To: header with a reachable email address though if your envelope >sender address (your local username and host ) is not reachable. Otherwise >remote systems will not be able to deliver bounce messages if there is a >problem with delivery ... they ignore From: and Reply-To: and use >Return-Path: which is the envelope sender. > > > >George Bonser > >Microsoft! Which end of the stick do you want today? > >
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