[hobbit] FROM Address in emails

[Rafal Roginela]

Hi,

Wooo Hooo!! That works awesome!!! Thank you all!!! I took the procmail
script, copied and pasted into .procmail file in the home directory and
that did the trick and all is well!!

Thank you so much for all the help!!

Rafal Roginela

Office (847) 827-9740 x109
Fax (847) 493-8031

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-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:23 AM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] FROM Address in emails

/usr/libexec/hobbit is your user's home directory.



On 7/23/08, Rafal Roginela <Rafal.Roginela at americashloans.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running CentOs 5.1 fairly vanilla setup. I installed hobbit via
> RPM's. (just an FYI as background) when I run the Grep command I get:
> hobbit:x:104:104:Hobbit Daemon:/usr/libexec/hobbit:/bin/bash
> and there is an entry in /var/spool for my hobbit user. Now can I
still
> use the scripts and where do I put them since I don't have a
> /home/hobbit directory?
>
> Thank You,
>
> Rafal Roginela
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:59 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] FROM Address in emails
>
> 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
>>
>> Office (847) 827-9740 x109
>> Fax (847) 493-8031
>>
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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
>>
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>>
>> -----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
>>>
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>>>
>>> -----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.
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material
>>>> in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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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
>>>> <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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