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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


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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,

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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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