SMTP Auth (yes, I know, it doesn't)
I usually use a Winbox or XWin box with Mahogany for all of my email. I
frequently find myself at text only terminals though, either because of
work or because I'm just tired of the mouse/point/click thing (I've always
preferred keyboard to mouse) and choose not to turn on a Winbox at the
house.
I've always used Mutt in the past, but generally with a single email
account on 'localhost'. Because of work related issues and the increase in
virus/spam over the last couple of years I've switched to IMAP on my mail
server and I pull SEVERAL different email addresses into a single user
account there. I use my MTA (Exim) and SMTP Auth to set the proper
'Sender:' header on outbound mail. Exim is locked down, no relay without
Auth, not even from 127.0.0.1. If someone cracks one of my user passwords
and gets access to localhost they're still not using my box to relay unless
they get root and modify the Exim configs.
Well, that presents a problem with using Mutt. Does anyone know of a way to
get Mutt to "talk SMTP" on localhost so it can use SMTP Auth to be able to
send? Right now if I try to send an email out it sets the "From:" header
properly but Exim sets the "Sender:" header to the localhost username which
is not a valid email address (user@localhost) because "user" is not
"trusted" by Exim to alter the "Sender:" header.
Am I just going to have to find another text mode MTA?
Gerald