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From: G. Albert Mietus <albert@gamp.hacom.nl>
Subject: Re: Choosing a Host name
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References: <59vihe$a2b@decius.ultra.net> <5a0lop$9bc@uuneo.neosoft.com>
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In-Reply-To: kientzle@netcom.com's message of Thu, 2 Jan 1997 07:42:39 GMT
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 23:02:34 GMT
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33569
In article <kientzleE3DEr4.Knp@netcom.com> kientzle@netcom.com writes:
> In article <5a0lop$9bc@uuneo.neosoft.com>,
> Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote:
> >In article <59vihe$a2b@decius.ultra.net>,
> > kbranco@ma.ultranet.com (kenny) writes:
> >> If my only link to the Internet is a dynamic PPP dial-up, how important
> >> is the issue of choosing a host name?
> >
> >The thing you have to be careful of is From and Reply-to addresses in
> >mail, news, etc.
>
> I've also encountered this, and I'd like to be able to simply mail
> stuff from my FreeBSD system:
>
> Q: Is there an easy way to have ALL mail from my system have
> a (fixed) fake From and Reply-To field? It seems that a suitable
The best "trick" is getting a UUCP account. Some ISP can do this.
You combine this with a domain name "within" that of your ISP.
On top of you IP connection with your ISP (which can be static or
dynamic) you run UUCP.
Your ISP will/can queue all mail (and news) for your "domain" can
whenever you dail in you use `uucico` to make a TCP connection with
your UUCP-peer (normally your ISP). Then all mail will be transfered
to/from your FreeBSD box from/to your "ISP-uucp-server". On both sides
that will interact with sendmail. (use "uucp-dom" see sendmail-doc)
Your hostname is important then (ofcourse!), ot better your UUCP and
domain name.
E.g.:
mine ISP is hacom; domain: hacom.nl.
Mine domain name is gamp.hacom.nl.
The computer I'm working on: beowulf.gamp.hacom.nl.
When I send/receive mail (using emacs) this path is used:
emacs <--> sendmail on localhost
sendmail <---> "uucp-mail", queued.
^
After dail-up, run uucico: |
/--------------------/
|
V
uucico on (beowulf) <---> (uucicio) hacom (on ???.hacom.nl.)
^ ^
| |
/---------------------------/ |
| /--------------queue for gamp--------------/
V |
On ISP systems: sendmail <--> "internet"
I can mail/post relevant sendmail/uucp config file (for beowulf) on
request. First find a ISP that will provide you a UUCP link!