Re: mutt and From: field

[Reid Thompson <jreidthompson at yahoo dot com>]

if i add my name to precede the comma & comment out
the my_hdr info in /etc/muttrc & comment out the
FromLineOverride=YES in ../ssmtp/ssmtp.conf the i get
the following error on attempting to send:
    ssmtp: smtp server didn't accept MAIL From,
replied "553 5.5.4 <administrator@>... Domain name
required".

if i then uncomment the ssmtp.conf line and restart
and try again i get the same error.

if it then uncomment the set from="" and restart and
try again i get the same error

if i alter set from="" to set from="Reid Thompson" i
get:
    ssmtp: smtp server didn't accept MAIL From,
replied "553 5.5.4 <ReidThompson>... Domain name
required".

if i alter set from to be set from="Reid Thompson
<rthompso@ateb.com> i get:
     successful sending of mail with correct From:
field


I can try any other suggestions if you wish...


reid
--- Corinna Vinschen <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:52:59AM -0800, Reid
> Thompson wrote:
> > No, I have not intentionally touched /etc/passwd. 
> > Listed below are its contents.  Looks like the
> comma
> > is there.....
> > 
> > Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0::
> > SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18::
> >
>
Administrator::500:513:,S-1-5-21-2104126249-1604802521-612134452-500::/bin/sh
> >
>
Guest::501:513:,S-1-5-21-2104126249-1604802521-612134452-501::/bin/sh
> 
> Hmm. When I wrote my mail, I tested it first and as
> soon as
> the comma is available, everything's ok.
> 
> Did you actually try it with giving a real name in
> the pw_gecos
> field?
> 
> Corinna
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Corinna Vinschen <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:39:21AM -0500,
> > > S-1-5-21-2104126249-1604802521-612134452-500
> wrote:
> > > > A little help please.  It appears that my
> config
> > > is populating the From field with my machines
> MAC
> > > address?  Could someone direct me in the proper
> > > means to populate this variable.  I have had no
> > > success attempting variations found in the mail
> > > files.  I am using the base dist.
> > > 
> > > That's not the MAC address, that's the SID of
> your
> > > user account
> > > (administrator, apparently). Did you "clean up"
> your
> > > /etc/passwd
> > > entry? It should contain the above S-xxx string
> in
> > > the pw_gecos
> > > field but prepended by a comma. It's the way
> > > mkpasswd generates
> > > that entry. If you erase that comma, mutt treats
> > > that string as
> > > your full name. Two solutions:
> > > 
> > > - Readd the comma to the pw_gecos field. If you
> > > want, add your name
> > > 
> > > 	admin::500:513:John
> > > Doe,S-1-...:/home/admin:/bin/bash
> > > 
> > > - Add a
> > > 
> > > 	set realname="John Doe"
> > > 
> > >   to your .muttrc file.
> > > 
> > > Corinna
> > > 
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