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Re: lynx-dev Lynx sending mail from Win95
From: |
Wayne Buttles |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev Lynx sending mail from Win95 |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:07:39 -0400 (EDT) |
In this case, I would try access.digex.net as the -h. I am not 100% sure
what the "right" value is, but I thought it pertained to where the mail
originates and your return address sounds like a good place to try. The
-r is just a valid SMTP host that will accept mail from you.
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Al Gilman <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Well, here's something I have been being timid about.
>
> I haven't broken the code to get mail from Lynx on Win95 through the
> "sendmail from the tin distribution" out onto the net.
>
> The error message that flashed by said that "can't use SMTP unless
> you specify a host" or words to that effect.
>
> This suggests that what I put in the -h argument to sendmail is
> not what it wants.
>
> Can anyone clarify the usage of -h and -r in that program's command
> line [and therefore in lynx.cfg]?
>
> I have a dynamic IP number and hostname assigned on the fly by
> my ISP when using Lynx on my Win95 system.
>
> There is a utility which will tell me my IP number from a running
> TCP/IP connection in Win95, but it returns a GUI window, not DOS
> parameters, so far as I have learned to date.
>
> Al
>