How can I change my sendmail.mc file to allow sending mail from localhost.localdomain

[Richard E Miles]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:33:44 +0200
Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org> wrote:

> Am Sa, den 25.06.2005 schrieb Richard E Miles um 2:59:
> 
> > I get illegal address message when I try to send mail using mutt from
> > localhost.localdomain to a
> > internet address. What do I have to change in the sendmail.mc to allow
> > sending mail form localhost.localdomain. I can receive mail from the internet
> > but I can not send mail. I have a diff showing the difference I have made
> > to sendmail.mc:
> 
> > < dnl MASQUERADE_AS(`mydomain.com')dnl
> > ---
> > > MASQUERADE_AS(`comcast.net')dnl
> > 
> > Can  I make it so I can send mail from localhost.localdomain or is there a way
> > to change sendmail.mc so I can? There must be a way otherwise you could not
> > send mail using mutt.
> 
> > Richard E Miles
> 
> In your .muttrc set "set envelope_from".
> Sendmail's documentation covers how to masquerade:
> 
> http://www.sendmail.org/m4/masquerading_relaying.html
> 
> Your MASQUERADE_AS setting is just one part, but not enough. Sendmail
> does not know what to masquerade, so you need too
> MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost) and
> MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(localhost.localdomain). And it is advised to use too
> FEATURE(masquerade_envelope).
> 
> Alexander
> 
> 
Thank you very much Alexander. I find setting up sendmail to work on my
home computer difficult. I don't know why. 


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Richard E Miles
Federal Way Wa. USA
Registered linux user 46097