Re: Trouble sending mail

Thanks!  Ctrl-f worked.  thanks for your rapid
response.

--- Dmitry G. Golub <dgolub-rYC4/[email protected]> wrote:

> Steven C. writes:
> 
> > This is my third attempt to post to this board.
> > 
> > I'm trying to send email from my mailshack.com
> email
> > address (which allows pop), but I get the
> following
> > error:
> > 
> > 550 This user account is not authorized to send
> > messages with the address user@mycomputer.
> 
> Your mail agent tries to send mail with 'from'
> address
> 'user@mycomputer'. I am trying to explain:
> 
> when talking with myshack.com SMTP server your
> machine
> issues the SMTP command:
> 
>  MAIL FROM:<user@mycomputer>
> 
> and not
> 
>  MAIL FROM:<[email protected]>
>  
> > Why is it trying to send a message using my  linux
> > username and hostname?  Under SETUP, I deleted
> > user@myComputer, and replaced it with
> > [email protected] and made sure that there
> was
> > no mention anywhere of user@myComputer in the
> SETUP
> > menu, but still it trys to send from my linux user
> > account.  I even manually opened up conerc and
> made
> > sure that there was no reference to
> user@myComputer
> > there, and still, I get the same results.
> 
> try to press Ctrl+f when composing message to see
> full
> header. Edit the 'From:' line to match your address
> and send the message.  Tell Cone to memorize new 
> headers when asked.
> 
> > 
> > Under "outgoing SMTP Server:" I have my correct
> > outgoing email server (mail.nerdshack.com).  Under
> > SMTP userid (optional): I have tried:
> > 
> > -just my user name on the server
> > -my username and domain ([email protected])
> > -a bunch of other silly things
> 
> this username must be provided to you by your e-mail
> server administrator or mail user's manual
> somewhere.
> I think it may be your user name on the server or
> your e-mail address ([email protected]).
> 
> Hope this helps, and sorry for my poor English.
> 
> --
> Dmitry.
> 
> 
> 
>
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