Hi Frank - I have not heard from Geoff, but I sort of figured that much out. Now the problem is that it only works if I am connected, and produces error messages if not connected. Janina has made some suggestions about recompiling sendmail.cf and it might be that I will have to do that. I used to enjoy learning new things! <grin> Chuck On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Frank Carmickle wrote: > Hi Chuck. > > Et em! Clearing throat. I thought that Mr. Shang was going to respond to > you. Mr. Shang? > > Anyway I am fairly certain that your problem is in pine. I think you > have the smtp value set to your isp's smtp service in the pine > configuration. If you empty that field you will use your local smtp and > messages sent to localhost will end up at the localhost you were > intending. > > HTH > Frank > > > Frank Carmickle > phone: 412 761-9568 > email: frankiec at dryrose.com > > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > Thanks for the suggestion, Janina. I will look into that and see if it > > helps. > > chuck > > > > > > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > Hi, Chuck: > > > > > > Wonder if your problem is related to mine? In any case here's a stab at > > > a possibility--not necessarily a right answer. > > > > > > I noticed, while working on my sendmail problem, that there is a field in > > > the sendmail configuration file (/etc/sendmail.cf on my system) to specify > > > which addressees should be handled locally. I didn't read the docs on > > > this but understand it to mean that you could specify usernames and > > > perhaps a unique local domain e.g. x.y.z.com which would have to be set > > > up, of course. > > > > > > PS: Just changing the field doesn't change the setting. You need to > > > recompile the configuration with m4 and restart sendmail for it to take > > > effect. > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > > > > Hi... > > > > > > > > I hope someone can help me set something up that ought to be really > > > > simple. I want to be able to send email from one user account to another > > > > on my system without going through my ISP. When I use an address such as > > > > "chuckh at localhost" which I thought ought to work, it still sends the mail > > > > to my ISP, from where I must fetch it with fetchmail. I do not seem to be > > > > reading the right howtos or man pages to get a clue on what must be done > > > > here. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (66% of Full) > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (68% of Full) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > My web site is http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (69% of Full)
