On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 04:10:15PM -0500, David Christian wrote: > I can't seem to send mail from Linux using mutt and sendmail. The linux > machine is on LAN behind behind a Router, and so doesn't have a valid IP > address or domain name. > > Does anyone know how to configure sendmail so that the various MTAs out > there will believe me about who I am? Do I somehow need to relay to > Qwest.net's mail router? > First, back up sendmail.cf (it is probably in /etc or /etc/mail) In your sendmail.cf file, there are a couple of lines you need to change. # local info # ############## Cwlocalhost #add this Cwqwest.net and another line # who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) DMqwest.net vi/emacs/pico will tell you its a read-only file but that should be ok. Save it any way. I do a variation on this (bouncing it off my domain) and it works ok. The sendmail FAQ is IMHO written by/for sendmails author :) This little fix will only work for email accounts @qwest.net Let me know if it works :)