On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 17:41:05 +0100, Leonardo Canducci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is that a good choice for a standalone pc with dsl fulltime internet > access configured as "mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or > fetchmail"? > shouldn't the same task be handled by /etc/email-addresses file? >
The first. > one more question: shuld such a pc (connected via a dsl provider) have a > domain name if I don't have any registered domain such as foo.org? > would it make sense using my provider's domain name (even if my email > address is not [EMAIL PROTECTED])? > in other words, what's the right answer for "domain-name" question when > configuring netbase package in such a case? > If you don't have a registered FQDN, put a bogus one, like "foo.org", it will only used for local e-mail deliver, for example cron output. You can use your DSL provider as a mail relay, but remember to set in your MUA the "reply to:" field to your assigned e-mail address, or fiddle with your MTA envelope rewriting rules... Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
