Re: lynx-dev Lynx sending mail from Win95

[Wayne Buttles]

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
>