Re: sending mail out (only)

[Ben Goren <ben@trumpetpower.com>]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:57:21PM +0200, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:

> while i  fully agree  with Ben  that hosed  dns should  be fixed
> first and  foremost, exim (i'm  sure sendmail too, i  just don't
> quite know  how anymore) can  be used to circumvent  the problem
> (in parts, at least).

Again, fix DNS. But, as a Sendmail workaraound similar to the exim
ones above, Sendmail  supports the -f flag to set  the sender when
sendmail is  invoked to inject  a note into the  system. Most MUAs
also have options to specify all the various possible addresses.

There  are  some  security  concerns. As  I  recall,  by  default,
Sendmail only  lets root use -f. Whether  or not I'm right  can be
found in the documentation....

Cheers,

b&

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