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List:       mutt-users
Subject:    Re: mutt/sendmail mailing list problem
From:       Jeremy Blosser <jblosser () firinn ! org>
Date:       2000-10-03 19:23:07
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Peter Jaques [pjaques@cs.oberlin.edu] wrote:
> hi kids... on one of the mailing lists i'm subscribed to, none of my
> messages get through. the problem is that i'm subscribed as
> klez23@yahoo.com, but mutt & sendmail set my Return-Path to
> mugwort@dnai.com, which doesn't even exist (mugwort is my local username on
> the freebsd box; dnai is my isp). their maillist software requires that the
> return-path be the same as my subscription address.
> 
> i have in .muttrc these relevant lines:
> >set envelope_from=yes
> >set from=klez23@yahoo.com
> 
> i've also tried:
> >my_hdr From: klez23@yahoo.com
> >set sendmail='/usr/sbin/sendmail -fklez23@yahoo.com -oem -oi'
> >my_hdr Return-Path: <klez23@yahoo.com>
> 
> is there any way to do this, or am i doomed to actually go to yahoo to use
> this mailing list??

If you're passing -f to sendmail (either manually or via $envelop_from),
and sendmail isn't honoring it, I'd suggest you check your sendmail
configuration to make sure it allows users to make use of -f.  I don't know
what you'd check, I don't use sendmail.

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Jeremy Blosser   |   jblosser@firinn.org   |   http://jblosser.firinn.org/
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