mutt and From: field

Corinna Vinschen cygwin@cygwin.com
Tue Mar 13 14:17:00 GMT 2001


On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 01:58:18PM -0800, Reid Thompson wrote:
> 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...

That wouldn't make much sense since your problem I have
answered was the S-xxx full name, not the missing domain
which is completely different.

Corinna

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