From a60244727c543570505cd3b2346e41097352d14a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 04:15:48 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** svn path=/trunk/; revision=1742 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1998/04/18 16:39:02 $ +$Date: 1998/04/19 04:13:01 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ Metz, over FTP via either ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/opie/patches (IPv4) or -ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches (IPv6).MP> +ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches (IPv6).

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 interface option (if you need one) later.

+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

+ +

+DMsmarthost.here
+
+ +in your sendmail.cf will work, or you can set

+ +

+MASQUERADE_AS(smarthost.here)
+
+ +in the m4 configuration and do a reconfigure. (In both cases, replace +smarthost.here with the actual name of your mailhost.) +See the sendmail +FAQ for more details.

+

G10. Is any special configuration needed to use firewalls?

@@ -445,9 +467,9 @@ href="#T10">T10

B1. Lex bombs out while building the fetchmail lexer.

-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."

+salesman, then install flex and use that. All will be happier.''

I couldn't have put it better myself, and aren't going to try now.

@@ -1870,7 +1892,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1998/04/18 16:39:02 $ +$Date: 1998/04/19 04:13:01 $

Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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