On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 14:07:36 -0500, Jon Walthour wrote:
> The problem is that I can't send mail to others internally.
> Here's why: they have no DNS entry for their POP3 server, just
> an IP address. So, if I sendmail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], it
> disappears; if I send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED], it works.
> Like I said, strange.
>
> My question is this: Is it possible to set up an alias or a rule
> in mutt such that every time I respond to an internal email from
> Joe Blow with a return address of [EMAIL PROTECTED], it
> automatically changes it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]?
No. But your MTA may have such a function.
> If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears because this is driving me
> crazy!!
I would put a line like
198.203.127.3 cpsboe.k12.oh.us
in my local /etc/hosts file (or ask the system administrator to
do it). Many systems search this file before trying a DNS lookup,
but it is a matter of configuration and it is system dependent.
--
Byrial
