Re: Yet Another Mail Question

[Tethys <tethys ml com>]

>> >I have sendmail up and running, and want to use it to send mail (some 
>> >coincidence) to my ISP.  Currently, it sends mail when I'm logged on, 
>> >but if I compose offline, the mail never gets sent out of the queue.  
>> >Also, when I send my mail, the return address is 
>> >dennis skye localdomain instead of what I want, which is 
>> >dsoper efn org, as I don't have a domain.  
>
>the easiest way to do this is include a 
>reply to:
>address in the header, this means that when the recipient replies, the
>address that comes up will default to your correct address. Most mail
>programs (to name a few; mh, xfmail , pine, exmh ) can be configured to
>put Reply-to addresses on the header by default.

Or make a dennis account at efn.org and add a line:

	DMefn.org

to your /etc/sendmail.cf

This makes outgoing mail from most accounts on your box (usually everyone
except root) appear to have come from efn.org. If you can't make a dennis
account at efn.org, you could use a dsoper account at home to get the
same effect.

Tet

PS. It should have been "Reply-to:" not "reply to:".

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