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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 7723d19c..2bcf3923 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: 1998/04/18 16:39:02 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/04/19 04:13:01 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ Metz</A>, over FTP via either <a href="ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/opie/patches"> ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/opie/patches</a> (IPv4) or <a href="ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches"> -ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches</a> (IPv6).MP> +ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches</a> (IPv6).<P> These patches use a SASL authentication method named "X-OTP" because there is not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses this method, so @@ -430,6 +430,28 @@ necessary to do this just to get a link working. Get the link working first, observe the actual address range you see on connections, and add an <code>interface</code> option (if you need one) later.<P> +If you're using a dynamic-IP configuration, one other (non-fetchmail) +problem you may run into with outgoing mail is that some sites will +bounce your email because the hostname your giving them isn't real +(and doesn't match what they get doing a reverse DNS on your +dynamically-assigned IP address). If this happens, you need to hack +your sendmail so it masquerades as your host. Setting<P> + +<pre> +DMsmarthost.here +</pre> + +in your <code>sendmail.cf</code> will work, or you can set<P> + +<pre> +MASQUERADE_AS(smarthost.here) +</pre> + +in the m4 configuration and do a reconfigure. (In both cases, replace +<code>smarthost.here</code> with the actual name of your mailhost.) +See the <a href="http://www.lege.com/sendmail-FAQ.txt">sendmail +FAQ</a> for more details.<P> + <hr> <h2><a name="G10">G10. Is any special configuration needed to use firewalls?</a></h2> @@ -445,9 +467,9 @@ href="#T10">T10</a><P> <hr> <h2><a name="B1">B1. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.</a></h2> -In the immortal words of Alan Cox the last time this came up: "Take +In the immortal words of Alan Cox the last time this came up: ``Take the Solaris lex and stick it up the backside of a passing Sun -salesman, then install flex and use that. All will be happier."<P> +salesman, then install flex and use that. All will be happier.''<P> I couldn't have put it better myself, and aren't going to try now.<P> @@ -1870,7 +1892,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<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: 1998/04/18 16:39:02 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/04/19 04:13:01 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |