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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1998-01-18 00:16:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1998-01-18 00:16:10 +0000 |
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Added note on living with DEC sendmail.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index b763eb41..c5281161 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/01/17 23:34:23 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/01/18 00:16:10 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -871,9 +871,18 @@ profiles that will accomplish this. Thank James Laferriere <hr> <h2><a name="T1">T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?</a></h2> -No special configuration is required. Eric Allman tells me that if -<code>FEATURE(always_add_domain)</code> is included in sendmail's -configuration, you can leave the <code>rewrite</code> option off. +For most swndmails, no special configuration is required. Eric Allman +tells me that if <code>FEATURE(always_add_domain)</code> is included +in sendmail's configuration, you can leave the <code>rewrite</code> +option off.<P> + +Günther Leber reports that Digital Unix sendmails won't work with +fetchmail. The symptom is an error message "553 Local configuration +error, hostname not recognized as local". The problem is that +fetchmail normally feeds sendmail with the client machine's host +address in the MAIL FROM line. These sendmails think this means +they're seeing the result of a mail loop and suppress the mail. You +may be able to work around this by running in --invisible mode. <hr> <h2><a name="T2">T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?</a></h2> @@ -1668,7 +1677,7 @@ a faster MTA like qmail or exim might help. <p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/01/17 23:34:23 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/01/18 00:16:10 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |