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Re: Offline Mailing



I agree with Prabhu here that the correct username/domain,etc config is the best
way. Although, there's an alternative way here by tweaking the sendmail config
files/rule sets, but I wouldn't recommend that. Any small error in it is likely
to open up a security hole.

-Sridhar

Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:

>     Gautam> mail to my yahoo account. When I download usinf fetchmail
>     Gautam> and see the from: field, it still is G.Gautam and
>     Gautam> g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  I know an easy workaround: Have
>     Gautam> a username as gautamg and my user-domain as vsnl.com in
>     Gautam> Pine. This works.  But what's wrong in having a single
>     Gautam> letter login name? Can some one tell me what I must do?
>

> And setting the username and user-domain properly is the best way to
> get your mail out with your correct email address, after all sendmail
> is not psychic! :)
>
> prabhu

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