[hobbit] FROM Address in emails

[Josh Luthman]

Grep hobbituser /etc/passwd

I dont believe a user can be used without a home dir.   You can touch
/var/mail/spool/hobbituser too I think.



On 7/23/08, Rafal Roginela <Rafal.Roginela at americashloans.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Running into a wall with the mail acks.
>
> First, are the example scripts in the man pages for HOBBIT-MAILACK valid
> for sendmail?
>
> Second, my hobbit user does not have a user directory is there a way to
> force creation?
>
> Sorry I'm a linux newbie and I really appreciate the help.
>
> Thank you
>
> Rafal Roginela
>
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>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rafal Roginela [mailto:Rafal.Roginela at AmeriCashLoans.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:17 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: RE: [hobbit] FROM Address in emails
>
> Hi,
>
> That was the trick!!! Thank You!!! Now to get the "acks" to work via
> e-mail.
>
> Thank You,
>
> Rafal Roginela
>
> Office (847) 827-9740 x109
> Fax (847) 493-8031
>
>  This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If
> you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in
> error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any
> unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this
> e-mail is strictly forbidden.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iain M Conochie [mailto:iain at shihad.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:04 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] FROM Address in emails
>
> Rafal Roginela wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just using a fairly vanilla install of sendmail.
>>
>
> Erguh! But hey - if you have to :)
>
> Here is what a quick google turned up
>
> When sendmail dispatches your email, it places the servers hostname
> behind your username, which becomes the "from address" in the email (ie.
>
> user at galaxy.example.com). Normally we only want to use the domainname
> and not the hostname, this setting allows all outgoing emails to be
> "user at example.com", the preferred method.
>
> define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `example.com')dnl
> FEATURE(`relay_entire_domain')dnl
>
> Add this in your sendmail.mc (not the main config file)
>
> Cheers
>
> Iain
>
>> Thank You
>>
>> Rafal Roginela
>>
>> Office (847) 827-9740 x109
>> Fax (847) 493-8031
>>
>>  This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information.
> If
>> you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in
>> error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail.
> Any
>> unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in
> this
>> e-mail is strictly forbidden.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Iain M Conochie [mailto:iain at shihad.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:27 AM
>> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
>> Subject: Re: [hobbit] FROM Address in emails
>>
>> Rafal Roginela wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thank you, the problem being that I'm trying to change the domain
> name
>>>
>>
>>
>>> from hobbit at server.domain.com <mailto:hobbit at server.domain.com> to
>>> hobbit at domain.com <mailto:hobbit at domain.com>. I apologize for not
>>> being clear. Thank you for the help.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What SMTP server software are you using? You will be able to configure
>
>> this so that unqualified email addresses (e.g. ones coming from the
> box)
>>
>> will be sent from domain.com and not server.domain.com
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Iain
>>
>>
>>> Thank You,
>>>
>>> **Rafal Roginela**
>>>
>>> Office (847) 827-9740 x109
>>> Fax (847) 493-8031
>>>
>>> This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information.
> If
>>>
>>
>>
>>> you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in
>>> error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail.
>>> Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material
>>> in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>> *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
>>> <mailto: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
>>> <mailto: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
>>> <mailto: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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