Re: hotmail users receive email as (unknown)?

[Paul Pruett <ppruett@webengr.com>]

solution-

hotmail started seeing subject and from
properly after removing some custom settings
to our sendmail.mc

I like the concept of not telling the version of mail
server, but somethin in the define causes
mail sent to hotmail.com to confuse header.

btw, got the following from the
OpenBSD Sendmail + SMTP AUTH Mini-HOWTO
at the end a section talks about Afterthought
of removing the program identification
 - well hotmail didn't like it....


here was what I had to remove  sniff.... :(




dnl  dont advertise type of mail server
dnl
define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG', `$j Custom Mail Server; $b')dnl
define(`confRECEIVED_HEADER', `$?sfrom $s $.$?_($?s$|from $.$_)
#  dont advertise type of mail server
dnl
define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG', `$j Custom Mail Server; $b')dnl
define(`confRECEIVED_HEADER', `$?sfrom $s $.$?_($?s$|from $.$_)
          $.$?{auth_type}(authenticated)
          by $j (CustomMailServer)$?r with $r$. id $i$?u
          for $u; $|; $.$b')dnl
dnl





On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Paul Pruett wrote:
> When sending an email from a shell account with the mail
> command or pine, or generated from a script,
> emails sent to a hotmail.com account show up
> incorrectly on the hotmail website.
> Their website shows the email as (unknown)
> and when opened it sometimes shows the
> header information
> inside the subject.
>
> grrrrr...   most likely the problem is a hotmail problem...