Re: [Nolug] Using ssmtp to feed emails to my ISP

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Ron Johnson wrote:

> After I reconfigured postfix, when I was setting my MUA to use
> "sendmail" instead, it occurred to me, "how will smtp.east.cox.net
> know that it's ron.l.johnson, and not me@haggis that's sending the
> email?"

There are sendmail features called "rewriting" and "masquerading" to
rewrite usernames and domains upon sending. Or you could just
set the From: header in your MUA.

ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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