On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:33:44 +0200 Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Sa, den 25.06.2005 schrieb Richard E Miles um 2:59: > > > I get illegal address message when I try to send mail using mutt from > > localhost.localdomain to a > > internet address. What do I have to change in the sendmail.mc to allow > > sending mail form localhost.localdomain. I can receive mail from the internet > > but I can not send mail. I have a diff showing the difference I have made > > to sendmail.mc: > > > < dnl MASQUERADE_AS(`mydomain.com')dnl > > --- > > > MASQUERADE_AS(`comcast.net')dnl > > > > Can I make it so I can send mail from localhost.localdomain or is there a way > > to change sendmail.mc so I can? There must be a way otherwise you could not > > send mail using mutt. > > > Richard E Miles > > In your .muttrc set "set envelope_from". > Sendmail's documentation covers how to masquerade: > > http://www.sendmail.org/m4/masquerading_relaying.html > > Your MASQUERADE_AS setting is just one part, but not enough. Sendmail > does not know what to masquerade, so you need too > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost) and > MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost.localdomain). And it is advised to use too > FEATURE(masquerade_envelope). > > Alexander > > Thank you very much Alexander. I find setting up sendmail to work on my home computer difficult. I don't know why. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way Wa. USA Registered linux user 46097
