Sendmail Question (was: SMTP Server for sending to anonymous remailers?)

Lance Cottrell loki at infonex.com
Sun May 19 03:55:42 PDT 1996


At 6:51 PM 5/18/96, Anonymous User wrote:
>lcs Mixmaster Remailer <mix at anon.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> > Does anyone know of an anonymous remailer that has an SMTP server
>> > (hopefully unlogged) that I can specify in a special variant of the
>> > "sendmail.cf" sendmail configuration file for sending mail to
>> > anonymous servers?
<SNIP>
>
>What settings do you use in sendmail.cf to accomplish this (sending
>it directly)?  Is that the default behavior?  Specifically, what
>goes on the "DR" and "DV" lines?  When I send mail from my PPP
>account to my work account, I always seem to end up with a "Received:
>>From <my ISP's host> by <some intermediate host>" line.  I'm
>ass-u-ming that if the host name shows up in the headers, it's
>passing through that machine and is potentially being logged.

Basically, the only reason your ISP's machines would appear in your
sendmail.cf is because you are using them for mail forwarding. When I was
connected over PPP (24 hours) I had my Linux box send the mail directly. If
you just want to avoid your ISP's logs, then replace their mail server with
some other server in your sendmail.cf. You should ask the owner of the
server you want to use.

If you use popmail (like Eudora), then just tell it the server to use in
"SMTP Host".

        -Lance

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