On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:22:25AM -0600, Jeff Williams wrote:
> I'm having trouble using mutt (on my local machine) with our IMAP
> server (another machine), and I don't know on which end the problem
> is.
>
> As far as I can determine, my outgoing mail does not always get the
> IMAP domain name; sometimes the name of my local machine is used.
> The result is bounced mail (someone tries to reply to me@localhost
> instead of me@IMAPserver) and refusal of mailing lists to accept
> my mail (the list server knows me as me@IMAPserver and doesn't
> accept mail from me@localhost.
>
> I've fiddled with my .muttrc variables for weeks, and I can't make
> things work. (I'll know it works when listserv@delorie recognizes
> me again).
As someone has mentioned this is an MTA ( Mail Transport Agent ) issue. Looks
like you are using sendmail. Talk to your local sys admin about configuring
sendmail on your local machine to masquerade as "sfbr.org".
Cheers,
Rod
>
> Comments and suggestions appreciated.
> jeff
>
> kendall% mutt -v
> Mutt 1.2.5i (2000-07-28)
> Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Michael R. Elkins and others.
> Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'.
> Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details.
>
> System: SunOS 5.7
> Compile options:
> -DOMAIN
> -DEBUG
> -HOMESPOOL -USE_SETGID -USE_DOTLOCK +USE_FCNTL -USE_FLOCK
> +USE_IMAP -USE_GSS -USE_SSL -USE_POP -HAVE_REGCOMP +USE_GNU_REGEX
> +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_PGP -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS +ENABLE_NLS
> SENDMAIL="/usr/lib/sendmail"
> MAILPATH="{darwin.sfbr.org}/var/mail"
> SHAREDIR="/home/jeffw/gnu2/share/mutt"
> SYSCONFDIR="/home/jeffw/gnu2/etc"
> -ISPELL
> To contact the developers, please mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
> To report a bug, please use the muttbug utility.
--
Rod Pike
rodneyp @ utanet.at
