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From: Justin C on 2 Jul 2010 08:35 I own my own domain name, and to avoid excessive spam every service or site that I register with gets a unique email address(a)my_domain. Any domains that then either mail me spam or pass my address on to spammers can be identified and the problem remedied. There is, however, a problematic side-effect to this. I have subscribed to a mailing list but cannot post to that mailing list because the address sending the message is my 'real' email address, and not the unique one (maybe a bit more explanation is needed: I run a Linux mail server (exim) that machine knows the list of permitted addresses at my domain and it knows to whom each should be forwarded, so mail arrives in my one mailbox even though it may have been sent to any one of about fifty different names(a)my_domain). So when I post a message to the mailing list it's originating email address is not that of a list subscriber and therefore the message bounces. To get around the above problem I have tried creating an account for the relevant name(a)my_domain, but mail requires an account that it can check for mail, even if I disable checking mail automatically. This means I've got the error symbol next to my inbox. What I really need is a way to set up an account from which I can post with the correct email address, but not have an incoming server. Any ideas? Justin. -- Justin C, by the sea.
From: Graham J on 2 Jul 2010 10:25 "Justin C" <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> wrote in message news:slrni2rn99.g4j.justin.1007(a)zem.masonsmusic.co.uk... >I own my own domain name, and to avoid excessive spam every service or > site that I register with gets a unique email address(a)my_domain. Any > domains that then either mail me spam or pass my address on to spammers > can be identified and the problem remedied. There is, however, a > problematic side-effect to this. I have subscribed to a mailing list but > cannot post to that mailing list because the address sending the message > is my 'real' email address, and not the unique one (maybe a bit more > explanation is needed: I run a Linux mail server (exim) that machine > knows the list of permitted addresses at my domain and it knows to whom > each should be forwarded, so mail arrives in my one mailbox even though > it may have been sent to any one of about fifty different > names(a)my_domain). So when I post a message to the mailing list it's > originating email address is not that of a list subscriber and therefore > the message bounces. > > To get around the above problem I have tried creating an account for the > relevant name(a)my_domain, but mail requires an account that it can check > for mail, even if I disable checking mail automatically. This means I've > got the error symbol next to my inbox. > > What I really need is a way to set up an account from which I can post > with the correct email address, but not have an incoming server. Any > ideas? Set up another domain specially for the purpose. Configure your newsreader to send through this domain's mail server directly, rather than through your local server. You don't need to check this domain for incoming mail, since you never expect to receive any legitimate incoming mail addressed to it. -- Graham J
From: Richard Kettlewell on 2 Jul 2010 10:40 Justin C <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> writes: > I own my own domain name, and to avoid excessive spam every service or > site that I register with gets a unique email address(a)my_domain. Any > domains that then either mail me spam or pass my address on to spammers > can be identified and the problem remedied. There is, however, a > problematic side-effect to this. I have subscribed to a mailing list but > cannot post to that mailing list because the address sending the message > is my 'real' email address, and not the unique one (maybe a bit more > explanation is needed: I run a Linux mail server (exim) that machine > knows the list of permitted addresses at my domain and it knows to whom > each should be forwarded, so mail arrives in my one mailbox even though > it may have been sent to any one of about fifty different > names(a)my_domain). So when I post a message to the mailing list it's > originating email address is not that of a list subscriber and therefore > the message bounces. I do something similar, with the same issue. > To get around the above problem I have tried creating an account for the > relevant name(a)my_domain, but mail requires an account that it can check > for mail, even if I disable checking mail automatically. This means I've > got the error symbol next to my inbox. You shouldn't need to set up new accoutns, what you really want is to configure your mail client to use the appropriate address for each destination. How easy or difficult this depends on the mail client you use - in Thunderbird for instance you can create multiple sending identities and pick one from a drop-down when you create a message. (It doesn't always choose the default very sensibly, mind...) -- http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 2 Jul 2010 12:43 On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 13:35:53 +0100, Justin C <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> wrote: >I own my own domain name, and to avoid excessive spam every service or >site that I register with gets a unique email address(a)my_domain. Can't suggest anything for the problem, but I have just worked out why your previous justin.0911@ was being killfiled here - I've got a rather old killrule for "911" from back when conspiracy theories about it were still popular. Not here, but on several other groups so it was a global kill. I've ditched it now. Unintentional consequences strike twice... Cheers - Jaimie -- "The answer to the second question," said Merry, "is that we could get off in an hour. I have prepared practically everything. There are six ponies in the stable across the fields." -- J R R Tolkien
From: David Empson on 2 Jul 2010 13:43
Justin C <justin.1007(a)purestblue.com> wrote: > I own my own domain name, and to avoid excessive spam every service or > site that I register with gets a unique email address(a)my_domain. Any > domains that then either mail me spam or pass my address on to spammers > can be identified and the problem remedied. There is, however, a > problematic side-effect to this. I have subscribed to a mailing list but > cannot post to that mailing list because the address sending the message > is my 'real' email address, and not the unique one (maybe a bit more > explanation is needed: I run a Linux mail server (exim) that machine > knows the list of permitted addresses at my domain and it knows to whom > each should be forwarded, so mail arrives in my one mailbox even though > it may have been sent to any one of about fifty different > names(a)my_domain). So when I post a message to the mailing list it's > originating email address is not that of a list subscriber and therefore > the message bounces. > > To get around the above problem I have tried creating an account for the > relevant name(a)my_domain, but mail requires an account that it can check > for mail, even if I disable checking mail automatically. This means I've > got the error symbol next to my inbox. There is a hidden trick in Mail: in the account settings for a SINGLE account, you can list multiple e-mail addresses separated by commas. It is mentioned in the help for the Email Address field. You can then pick which address to use when you compose a message, and by default the matching address will be used when replying to a message (if possible). -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz |