On 21 Sep 2000, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Damon Muller wrote: > > > > Quoth Anthony Campbell, > > > How are you supposed to form a hostname if you are not on a network but > > > just connect intermittently to an ISP? > > > > > > Unless you have a dotted quad name, some hosts reject emails. > > > > Basically, you have to make your mails look from the outside like they > > are coming from your ISP. > > > > How you do this depends a lot on the MTA that you are using. For qmail > > (which I use), it's merely a matter of setting the QMAILHOST and > > QMAILUSER environment variables before you send the email, which sets > > the envelope sender. I'm sure there are equally easy ways to do it using > > other MTAs, but I don't know what they are. > > If you are using exim, set 'qualify_domain' in /etc/exim.conf. If you > are still using smail, stick a domain in /etc/mailname. > > Just use your ISP's domain name for these. > >
Thanks to all who replied about this. I didn't realize it was such a widespread problem. The above solution seems to be working. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Hold fast is your only dog."
