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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: sendmail/domain question
Organization: private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands 
Message-ID: <EBBp6t.1D4@yedi.iaf.nl>
References: <jl25n5.gn2.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 22:01:41 GMT
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Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42561 comp.mail.sendmail:41691

conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:


>Lately, I've started experiencing a problem with certain remote sites
>refusing to accept my mail because my local hostname "dolphin.neosoft.com"
>is unknown (I use dynamic PPP, so no DNS entry for this name actually
>exists).

>What I'd like to do is have sendmail strip the "dolphin" part, leaving
>only "neosoft.com" as my domain in the header, or perhaps substitute
>"localhost" for "dolphin", without altering the From or Reply-to addresses
>(which are configured properly as "conrads@neosoft.com" in my mail, news,
>etc. progs). 

I think you should check out MASQUERADE_AS in the sendmail m4 files.


-- 
Wilko
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