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Re: sending mail from a dynamic IP address



On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 10:40:50AM +0100, Marcus Franke wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 23.03.2005, 14:16 -0500 schrieb Richard Cobbe:
> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 05:42:34PM +0100, Marcus Franke wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 23.03.2005, 09:41 -0700 schrieb Chris Brotherton:
> > > 
> > > > I believe sendmail is the mta on redhat 9.  Take a look at the sendmail 
> > > > docs
> > > > and look for "smart host".
> > > > 
> > > > Also, these websites are really useful for learning about sendmail:
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > needed Option is:
> > > 
> > > define(`SMART_HOST', `mail.relay.server')
> > 
> > It's been quite a long time since I've used either Sendmail or RedHat,
> > but I vaguely remember that when I was in this situation, I needed to
> > enable envelope masquerading as well.  (I don't remember the specific
> > option, but I think a Google search should provide the details.)
> 
> You mean you define in your muttrc set envelope_from option?
> And sendmail complains about this with an X-Authentication-Header 
> Warning because you changed the original sender?

This might work (modulo the authentication warning), but I was referring
to an option in the Sendmail configuration to masquerade the envelope
when relaying outgoing mail through a smarthost.  Sorry I didn't make
that clearer.

Richard