[hobbit] FROM Address in emails

[Rafal Roginela]

Hi,

 

Thank you, the problem being that I'm trying to change the domain name
from hobbit at server.domain.com to hobbit at domain.com. I apologize for not
being clear. Thank you for the help.

 

Thank You,

Rafal Roginela

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From: Ralph Mitchell [mailto:ralphmitchell at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:19 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] FROM Address in emails

 

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Rafal Roginela
<Rafal.Roginela at americashloans.net> wrote:

	Hi All,

	 

	I'm sorry if I sound dumb but I just want to change the "from
address" or the "reply to" on the mails going out from my hobbit server.
I've searched through the mailing list and docs and can't seem to see it
(I'm sure it is simple). Please help.


That's probably going to take a change in /etc/passwd, if you just want
to change the userid.

I just took a look at email I received from our Hobbit - MS Outlook
shows the "from address" as:

     Hobbit Monitor [hobbit at server.domain.com]

The hobbit userid in /etc/passwd looks like this:

     hobbit:x:508:508:Hobbit Monitor:/home/hobbit:/bin/bash

I know for a fact that's where the outgoing email picks up "Hobbit
Monitor", because that's nowhere else in the system, and if I change
that string new outgoing email picks it up.  If I change the /etc/passwd
entry to read:

     norman:x:508:508:Norman the Foreman:/home/hobbit:/bin/bash

I would expect hobbit email to come from

   "Norman the Foreman [norman at server.domain.com]"

Alternatively you might be able to set up a script to talk directly to
the SMTP server and convince it to use a spoofed address.  That used to
work, but email servers are smarter now...

Ralph Mitchell

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