Re: ssmtp question SOLVED

Richard Reina <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.luni.tech
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I logged into my hosting company's web email API and found an option that said "allow outgoing emails from other domain addresses". Clicked it and now it works.


---- Linux Users Of Northern Illinois \(Chicago\) - Technical	Discussion <[email protected]> wrote:
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> ---- Linux Users Of Northern Illinois \(Chicago\) - Technical	Discussion <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Richard Reina <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for the insight.
> > >
> > >  so you should configure your mail tool to fill in a valid address
> > >>
> > >> there.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any idea on how to do that in ssmtp?
> > 
> > I think what Martin is suggesting is that you make changes in your MUA
> > (Mail User Agent) like KMail, Thunderbird etc.
> > 
> 
> I am not using an email client.  
> 
> > >From my experience GMail has allowed me to use From headers completely
> > different than my "[email protected]"  e.g. relay is accepted wherein
> > >From is  my Yahoo! id but SMTP AUTH is my GMail userid/password.
> > 
> 
> I am using ssmtp to send automated replies from procmail. I would be fine continuing to use gmail accept for the fact that I need the replies to say that they are coming from my work email account.
> 
> > Most likely the "real" SMTP server at your work is configured
> > differently.  You need to check the relay configuration in the SMTP
> > server @ work and possibly make changes to allow relay from ssmtp.
> > 
> 
> Our website is hosted by XO communications. I think that they use Exchange.  They have not been too helpful in the past so I don't hold out great hope for them changing things for me.
> 
> 
> Thanks very much for your reply.  If you have any more ideas please let me know. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > HTH
> > -- Arun Khan
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> > 
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