Sendmail and masquerading

Joshua Lokken joshua at twobirds.us
Wed Apr 21 13:05:27 PDT 2004


* JJB <Barbish3 at adelphia.net> [2004-04-21 08:23]:
> I found that it is not necessary to try to config sendmail's config
> files to do what you want.
> Just change or add hostname="zenk.de" to rc.conf
> Sendmail uses that as his internal domain name for all emails.
> 
> You said this
> "--- Please never add my reply address to CC nor to the recipient
> list!
> If you make "answers to all" please remove my address!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I'll complain if I see my reply address on any mailinglist!!!!!!!!"
> 
> Be so informed, that by posting to this questions list your email
> address is in the public domain and is spread through many sites on
> the internet. You can complain all you want, but by posting you have
> by default given your consent and there is nothing you can do about
> it, except not post here again. You should learn the rules of how
> this list works before posting. It's your mistake. Manny of the
> regulars who reply consider the email address they use here as an
> 'throw away' that they change when they start getting junk email to
> it.   You should learn to set up 'Judas goat' email address just for
> this purpose.

Or better yet, take Matthew's advice and learn how to protect your email
addresses.  Procmail and SpamAssassin are both great tools for spam
filtering. 

-- 
Joshua

"Is there no place for the man with 105 IQ?!"
           --Homer Simpson



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