On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 06:51:53AM +0800, csj wrote: > On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 11:10:52 +0100, > David Jardine wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 06:18:54AM +0800, csj wrote: > > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 21:46:15 +0100, > > > David Jardine wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 08:51:46AM +0800, csj wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 at 01:24:17 +0100, > > > > > David Jardine wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > Since I first got connected just three or four years ago, > > > > > the Net it seems has become a more and more paraonid > > > > > place. > > > > > > > > Indeed. But not without justification. There are some > > > > funny goings-on out there. Why are your messages - only > > > > yours - scrutinized by "master" before being passed on to > > > > "murphy"? And why does master put adair's name in > > > > parenthesis as if he didn't believe he really existed? And > > > > who is adair? And why does he call you localhost.invalid? > > > > Funny goings-on indeed... > > > > > > Well I put them in. localhost.invalid I believe is more > > > polite than putting, let's say, cnn.com as my domain. What > > > values do I put in as my domain if I don't have one? > > > > Put in where? You previously said you had > > > > local domains = localhost:your_host_name > > > > in exim.config. Where did you put localhost.invalid? > > /etc/mailname
Then I should change it (back?) to the name of your box. I didn't even know I had this file, but I see that I do. Did exim create it? > > > I'll tell you what I've done on my system, which is a > > standalone machine at home used almost exclusively by me but > > occasionally for e-mail by other members of my family. It > > may be a stupid way to do it, but it works all right for us: > > > > 1: Set up a different user for each fragment of my fractured > > persona (one of them being thought of as the main user) and > > each family member. Every e-mail address has its own user. > > Done that! > > > 2: Put a line in exim.conf's rewrite configuration for each > > user. > > Done that! > > > 3: Write a .fetchmailrc for each user, and a .fetchmailrc > > for the main user including all the individual e-mail > > addresses. > > Now why would I do that? I setup up one persona as the master > non-root "fetchmailer". > > > If I want to send or fetch mail from or for a particular > > address, I log in as that user. If I want to fetch mail > > from all addresses, I do it as the main user. > > > > Would such a setup solve your problem? > > By large exim works. The problem is with localhost.invalid. > What do I replace it with? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
