Re: Machine name and Outlook

From: Dan (bogus_at_foo.bar)
Date: 10/06/04 

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:33:52 -0600

Hi James,

That's not quite what I was looking for; those settings don't actually
affect the "Received:" headers (these headers are appended by the SMTP
server).

I'm pretty sure that the solution I'm looking for will involve modifying my
TCP/IP settings.

But thanks for the suggestion!

"James" <jalatour@telus.net> wrote in message
news:3c9101c4ab38$a95d0360$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Have you tried editing your settings like this:
>
> In Outlook, click Tools/Email Accounts
> Click View or change existing button, click Next
> Highlight your account, click Change
> Click on More Settings
> Under Mail Account enter the info that you want to appear
> on your headers.
>
> Let me know how it turns out?
>
> James
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >I use Comcast for my ISP, and my resolved host name
> looks something like,
> >"c-xx-xx-xx-xx.client.comcast.net." However, the
> machine name in my
> >outgoing e-mail message headers (i.e., the first machine
> in the "Received:"
> >trail) is the name I've chosen for my computer
> ("skippy").
> >
> >So, the actual header line in all of my outgoing
> messages looks like this:
> >
> >Received: from skippy ([xx.xx.xx.xx]) by somedomain for
> <recipient>; Tue, 5
> >Oct 2004 12:15:41 -0700
> >
> >Where "xx.xx.xx.xx" is the same as the address embedded
> in my resolved
> >comcast.net hostname.
> >
> >Is there any way to NOT have "skippy" show up, but
> instead have the resolved
> >host name ("c-xx-xx-xx-xx.client.comcast.net") replace
> it?
> >
> >So, the new header line would look like this:
> >
> >Received: from c-xx-xx-xx-xx.client.comcast.net
> ([xx.xx.xx.xx]) by
> >somedomain for <recipient>; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:15:41 -
> 0700
> >
> >I suspect that this is buried in the DNS and/or WINS
> tabs in TCP/IP
> >properties, but before I started a trial-and-error
> approach, I was hoping to
> >gain some enlightenment first.
> >
> >Thanks!!!
> >
> >-dan
> >
> >
> >.
> >