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Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via apython script

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Στις 10/9/2013 6:38 μμ, ο/η Whiskers έγραψε:
> On 2013-09-09, Jonathan N. Little <lws4art@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Whiskers wrote:
>>> On 2013-09-09, Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> wrote:
>>>> Στις 8/9/2013 11:15 μμ, ο/η Todd έγραψε:
>>>>> On 09/07/2013 11:54 PM, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
>>>>>> Στις 8/9/2013 2:20 πμ, ο/η Todd έγραψε:
>>>>>>> On 09/06/2013 12:37 AM, Νίκος - Support wrote:> Στις 6/9/2013 10:20 πμ,
>>>>>>> ο/η Todd έγραψε:
>>>>>>>    >> On 09/05/2013 09:11 AM, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> The visitor of http://superhost.gr tried to send me an email using the
>>>> wb gorm i ahve which asks for his mail address and MESSAGE he wans to
>>>> send me.
>>>>
>>>> i have no way of knowing the smtp settings the visitor uses or even if
>>>> his mail address is real but no matter what, the the FROM field must
>>>> contain the mail address the user types in the web form.
>>>
>>> That's fine, but only while the email is on your own system.  If you
>>> want users of your system to be able to send local emails to you and
>>> other local users, each user should have a username of their own which
>>> they use to log in to your system, and the computer they use will have a
>>> hostname; those two things combine to create email addresses that are
>>> valid for use within your own system - "jim_z@localhost" or
>>> "root@upstairs.computer" or "dad@kitchen.sink" or whatever.  This sort
>>> of arrangement is not usually worth the bother, apart from getting
>>> system status and error reports sent to the system administrator by the
>>> various 'daemons' or 'services' you have running.
>>>
>>> If you want to allow visitors to access their existing Gmail accounts
>>> from your computer, just set up a limited user called (for example)
>>> guest, with access only to a web browser - possibly in 'kiosk mode' - so
>>> that they can log in using the same login details as they do from
>>> anywhere else.
>>>
>>> Or are you trying to become an email service provider yourself?
>>>
>>
>> It sounds more like the OP is trying to setup form to mail and wishes to
>> validate if the visitor's supplied email address in his form is valid.
>> Well, there is no real way to do this one shot. If he is using that form
>> to create a auto-reply with that user supplied address he better take
>> measures to prevent robo comment spam.
>
> Might be useful to clarify whether the OP wants the visitor's message to
> be sent *to* the OP's Gmail address, eg as feedback from a website, or
> wants the visitor to be able to send emails to anyone by *relaying*
> through Google's SMTP server using the OP's Google account but with
> unspecified or invented 'From' addresses.
>
> The latter should not be permitted by Google or any other email service
> provider, of course.
>
> <http://www.nixtutor.com/linux/send-mail-with-gmail-and-ssmtp/>
> <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SSMTP#Forward_to_a_Gmail_Mail_Server>
> <http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx.html>
>
What i want is for my weboage to notify me for the visitors spcified 
mail address and message and this be done by setting up my won mail 
server because gmail's tend to alter the from address.

-- 
Webhost <http://superhost.gr>

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Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-05 19:11 +0300
  Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-09-05 18:13 +0000
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 09:19 +0300
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-09-06 08:50 +0000
        Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 12:06 +0300
          Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-06 14:10 -0400
            Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-07 08:33 +0300
              Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-07 08:33 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-07 23:24 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-07 16:54 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 09:58 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 10:57 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-08 10:11 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 17:16 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-08 18:23 -0700
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-08 18:35 -0700
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 17:11 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-09 14:40 -0700
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 18:15 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-08 16:42 +0200
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 18:41 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-08 17:56 +0100
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-09 11:09 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-09 21:31 +0100
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-09-09 19:35 +0000
  Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-06 00:22 -0700
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 11:09 +0300
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-07 15:39 -0700
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-07 15:41 -0700
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-07 16:20 -0700
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 09:54 +0300
        Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-08 13:15 -0700
          Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-09 11:29 +0300
            Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Todd <Todd@invalid.invalid> - 2013-09-09 11:44 -0700
            Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-09 22:07 +0100
              Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@gmail.com> - 2013-09-09 17:33 -0400
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-10 16:38 +0100
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-10 22:37 +0300
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-10 23:04 +0200
                Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2013-09-10 22:05 +0100
  Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2013-09-06 11:10 +0200
    Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-06 12:17 +0300
      Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-08 16:34 +0200
        Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script Ferrous Cranus <nikos@superhost.gr> - 2013-09-08 18:37 +0300
          Re: Trying to utilize mailx to send mail via  apython script David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2013-09-09 01:57 +0200

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