On Sun, 2006-12-10 at 23:19 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > On Sun December 10 2006 10:42 pm, Tim wrote: > > You'll want to configure your sendmail so that the address it posts > > *FROM* is recognised as valid to the outside world. No well-set-up ISP > > SMTP server is going to let you send an e-mail apparently coming from > > root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, no matter what "TO" address you've used. > > > > Do you know how to configure sendmail? If so, that information should > > get you started. Or you can read about the masquerade options, to > > figure it out. Write back if you need to. > > I've moved in the past 6 months into my first home - after nearly 60 years of > living as a renter, I'm now dealing with all the viccisitudes of home > ownership. Since I posted my problem, we had a pretty nasty cold front move > in to my area, and I've been dealing with multiple problems having to do with > containing heat in a structure that was built over 40 years before I was > born, so I haven't had much time to work on this. > > What's puzzling to me is that the configuration I'd been using no longer > works. I tried editing the sendmail configuration file, but I'm not sure I > did it correctly - those entries weren't so self evident. For example, the > line that was suggested be edited by someone looks like this: > > dnl # Uncomment and edit the following line if your outgoing mail needs to > dnl # be sent out through an external mail server: > dnl # > dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.your.provider')dnl > > First, I don't understand what those 'dnl' acronyms stand for ---- I would presume Do Not Load (i.e. a comment). Sendmail.mc needs dnl at the end of each line that has config data and dnl at the start of each line with config data that isn't appropriate ---- > Secondly, it seems to be saying to uncomment a line that's already uncommented > Third, I did try putting my provider in place of the 'smtp.your.provider' but > that didn't accomplish anything ---- You need to use your smtp server suggested by your Internet Service Provider. For example, in my area served by Cox Cable, the line would look like... define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.west.cox.net')dnl of course I am doing this from memory since I use postfix these days. Craig
