[linux-help] Re: Mail Address Masq

[Nathan <ncozzens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:23 AM 10/5/01 -0500, you wrote:



> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Steven Saner
> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 9:06 PM
> > To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [linux-help] Re: Mail Address Masq
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 06:56:23PM -0600, Nathan wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I was wondering if there's a way to masquerade email
> > > addresses.  Could an MTA do it with aliases somehow?
> > >
> > > I want to register my own domain name and have email
> > > going to that domain be sent to my ISP's POP3.
> > >
> > > People would send mail to nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
> > > Somehow the To: block needs to be rewritten to be
> > > nathan@my_isp.com
> >
> >
> > Not sure I follow what you are after. If you have 
> mail for your domain
> > delivered to your ISP, then your ISP is going to 
> have to configure
> > their mail server to accept mail sent to your 
> domain and put it in
> > your mail box. This is a fairly common procedure 
> and does not require
> > the rewriting of the To: header in any way. When 
> you pop your mail
> > from the ISP you will see the original 
> nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in the
> > headers. With sendmail this is typically done by 
> creating an entry in
> > the virtusertable file, which maps addresses at 
> some domain to a local
> > POP account.
> >
> > Steve
> >
>
>What Steve proposes is the simplest solution, though 
>your ISP may not want
>to do this or may want too much $$$ to do this.  The 
>alternatives are to
>find somebody that offer virtual mail services at 
>little or no cost, or to
>just set your reply to: address to your isp.  That 
>will work as long as
>everyone uses the rely to: address instead of the 
>from: address. This is not
>guaranteed, however.
>
>--dwh
>
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I came up with a cool solution to this one.  The 
overall goal was to end up with my own mail server AND 
avoid changing my email address more than once.  I 
don't know why I called it "Mail Address Masq" 
earlier.  It's simple forwarding.

I registered my own domain name, and am now using this 
domain for my email address.  It delivers to my linux 
box (connected through DSL).  I've got Exim forwarding 
(actually aliasing) all new address mail to my ISP's 
POP3.  This doesn't require my ISP to make any 
configuration changes.  It saves me money and buys 
time, allowing me to get rid of my old dial-up ISP 
immediately, even though I don't have my IMAP server 
setup yet.  Once my IMAP is up and running, I'll just 
divert the flow of mail from my ISP's mail server to 
my own.  This will be the last time I'll have to 
announce a new email address to everyone.

Linux is starting to become less painful & more fun.
Nathan
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