Re: SMTP Auth (yes, I know, it doesn't)
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
> 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?
I am using mutt with profiles for different addresses I receive mail to
in one inbox:
http://www.acoustics.hut.fi/~mara/mutt/profiles.html
I am not using exim, so I can't help you there. I am either using sSMTP
to deliver to a remote SMTP server, or Postfix to do the same (smarthost)
or do direct delivery. Both these can be configured to accept local mail
and keep the MUA headers intact.
>
> Gerald
>
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