smail again

1998-12-15 Thread Richard L. Alhama
Hi. The FAQ-O-MATIC entry #137 doesn't work. I'm getting errors. can someone send me their /etc/smail/* files for a dial-up ppp. I can d/l mails but I can't send mail to my domain csi.com.ph I've changed the following lines in /etc/smail/config visible_name=iln.csi.com.ph (used to be my hostn

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 01:08:13PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 12 Mar, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > No such thing as a stupid question :) > > Will Richard Stallman ever work for Microsoft? And the other way round ? > Sorry, couldn't resist. Serious ;) Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no E

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-12 Thread finn
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On 12 Mar, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :> :> No such thing as a stupid question :) : :Will Richard Stallman ever work for Microsoft? Yikes!! I take it all back :) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (6

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-12 Thread servis
On 12 Mar, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > No such thing as a stupid question :) Will Richard Stallman ever work for Microsoft? Sorry, couldn't resist. Brian -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-12 Thread finn
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: [ snip ] :My sincere apologies for an absolutely STUPID question, But I have :absolutely NO idea. No such thing as a stupid question :) :Where can I get/read/find/download/whatever the RFC's? Install the package "doc-rfc", if you want them locall

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Michael" == Michael Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> Where can I get/read/find/download/whatever the RFC's? package=RFC # comment=Mirror the Internet Requests For Comment # # specify remote host and directory site=ds.internic.net

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-12 Thread Michael Beattie
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Remco van de Meent wrote: > On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Soenke Lange wrote: > > : > No, I'm just telling them that the mail originated in my isp's domain. > : > The HELO supposedly tells them who I am. > : > > : Yes! ... HELO/EHLO your.domain.org > : then smail (with some switc

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-11 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Soenke Lange wrote: : > Well, OK, you might call them misconfigured. But read this quote from : > rfc1985: "[...] there is no documented stipulation for checking the : > authenticity of the remote host name, as given in the HELO or EHLO command." : > : > I cannot find

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-11 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Soenke Lange wrote: : > No, I'm just telling them that the mail originated in my isp's domain. : > The HELO supposedly tells them who I am. : > : Yes! ... HELO/EHLO your.domain.org : then smail (with some switches on) will test if the name and the IP# of the : originati

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-09 Thread Soenke Lange
Hallo [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you use a smarthost, then the mail that they send for you is not > > rejected, as their "HELO [domain]" is valid, it can be found on the > > DNS. whereas mine is not. is this right? > > In my limited experience, mail servers always accept HELO from non-existent > dom

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-06 Thread john
Michael Beattie writes: > If you use a smarthost, then the mail that they send for you is not > rejected, as their "HELO [domain]" is valid, it can be found on the > DNS. whereas mine is not. is this right? In my limited experience, mail servers always accept HELO from non-existent domains. I fin

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-06 Thread Michael Beattie
On 4 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I wrote: > > I have one [a valid hostname]. It just makes things worse, since it isn't > > in my isp's domain. > > Michael Beattie writes: > > I gather you mean a valid domain as in being in the DNS? > > Yes. Okay... > > True, but I meant in the situa

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-04 Thread john
I wrote: > I have one [a valid hostname]. It just makes things worse, since it isn't > in my isp's domain. Michael Beattie writes: > I gather you mean a valid domain as in being in the DNS? Yes. > hehe not my ISP, they are so slack that billing sometimes get > completly screwed up... Brigh

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-04 Thread Michael Beattie
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. > >

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-03 Thread john
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 domai

Re: smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-03 Thread Daniel Martin at cush
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Beattie) writes: > Okay... over the last 2-3 months I have been subscribed to this list, I > have noticed a predominant percentage of messages are about smail, and > it's configuration. > > Obviously, I have a question. What I would like to know is what are > peoples op

smail (again..... sheesh..)

1998-03-03 Thread Michael Beattie
Okay... over the last 2-3 months I have been subscribed to this list, I have noticed a predominant percentage of messages are about smail, and it's configuration. Obviously, I have a question. What I would like to know is what are peoples opinion's on their own configurations, and what the pro's a