[ale] [OT] Sendmail (?) woes

[Joe]

Jonathan Rickman <jonathan at xcorps.net> writes:

> On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm trying to send mail to someone at sun.com, but my mail
> > is always returned with:
> >
> > >    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> > > <andrew.holt at sun.com>
> > >     (reason: 501 <joe at orado.localdomain.private>... Sender domain must exist)
> > >
> > >    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > > ... while talking to mx3.sun.com.:
> > > >>> MAIL From:<joe at orado.localdomain.private> SIZE=1821
> > > <<< 501 <joe at orado.localdomain.private>... Sender domain must exist
> >
> > Why does my delivery agent say "From:<joe at orado.localdomain.private>"
> > when I'm explicitly setting the From: line to "jknapka at earthlink.net",
> > (below)? Is this a sendmail.cf thing (shudder)?
> >
> > Thanks in advance (and hoping I can even send this message),
> 
> 
> Another example of a failed attempt to stop spam. Set your local host name
> to something real.

What I'm wondering is, why does my local hostname appear in the
transcript at all? Should't my sendmail say
"MAIL From:<jknapka at earthlink.net>"
to the Sun MX, since that's what I've got in the From: header
of the message?

Thanks,

-- Joe
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