The 'envelope sender' is a concept outside of the headers, which must
always be provided as part of an SMTP transmission. If the envelope
sender information is appearing in a header at the destination, the
destination mailserver is adding it.
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Janto Trappe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i'm using mutt and exim and have some problems with multiple mail
> addresses as well as the headers which exim adds to outgoing mails:
>
> If the mail is delivered by exim to another mailserver, the
> header contains a "Return-Path: " with an entry which is similar to
> the mail address i've specified in /etc/email-addresses.
>
> I don't know, whether exim creates the "Return-Path: " or just an
> "envelope-From: " which the last mailserver then transforms into
> the "Return-Path :". Anyway, in both cases the header finally
> contains two different mail addresses if the "From: " is not
> identical to the entry in /etc/email-addresses.
>
> I want to change it but i don't know exactly how to perform this.
>
> I've tried to set the return_path_add and the envelope_to_add in my
> /etc/exim.conf to false and i also tried to comment them completly
> out, but it doesn't work. I've also manipulated the headers_remove
> and add_headers options but without any success.
> I know there is an untrusted_set_sender and no_local_from_check
> option in v3.20, which should result in the desired effect, but
> i'm still using v3.12-10 and don't want to upgrade it. (I'm using
> Debian potato (stable) while v3.20 is only available in the unstable
> Version. I think i would get some trouble with stable and v3.20.)
>
> In short: i would like exim to leave the headers untouched so i can
> set them with mutt individually. Another alternative would be if
> exim sets the "Return-Path:"/"envelope-From:" identical to
> "From:".
>
> I would be pleased if you could give me a hint where i could find
> something about the right exim.conf option or a Docu which describes
> a solution for my problem.
>
> Regards,
> Janto
>
> I've attached my exim.conf for details:
>
> <snip>
> qualify_domain = vloo
> local_domains = localhost:vloo
> local_domains_include_host = true
> local_domains_include_host_literals = true
> never_users = root
> host_accept_relay = localhost
> trusted_users = mail
> smtp_verify = false
> gecos_pattern = ^([^,:]*)
> gecos_name = $1
> smtp_accept_queue_per_connection = 100
> freeze_tell_mailmaster = true
>
>
> received_header_text = "Received: \
> ${if def:sender_rcvhost {from ${sender_rcvhost}\n\t}\
> {${if def:sender_ident {from ${sender_ident} }}\
> ${if def:sender_helo_name {(helo=${sender_helo_name})\n\t}}}}\
> by ${primary_hostname} \
> ${if def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} \
> (Exim ${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t\
> id ${message_id}\
> ${if def:received_for {\n\tfor <$received_for>}}"
> end
>
> local_delivery:
> driver = appendfile
> group = mail
> mode = 0660
> mode_fail_narrower = false
> envelope_to_add = true
> file = /var/spool/mail/${local_part}
>
> address_pipe:
> driver = pipe
> return_output
>
> address_file:
> driver = appendfile
>
> address_directory:
> driver = appendfile
> no_from_hack
> prefix = ""
> suffix = ""
>
> address_reply:
> driver = autoreply
>
> procmail_pipe:
> driver = pipe
> command = "/usr/bin/procmail -d ${local_part}"
> return_path_add
> delivery_date_add
> envelope_to_add
> check_string = "From "
> escape_string = ">From "
> user = $local_part
> group = mail
>
> remote_smtp:
> driver = smtp
> end
>
> real_local:
> prefix = real-
> driver = localuser
> transport = local_delivery
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = aliasfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> file = /etc/aliases
> search_type = lsearch
>
> procmail:
> driver = localuser
> transport = procmail_pipe
> require_files = ${local_part}:+${home}:+${home}/.procmailrc:+/usr/bin/procmail
> no_verify
>
> userforward:
> driver = forwardfile
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> reply_transport = address_reply
> no_verify
> check_ancestor
> file = .forward
> modemask = 002
> filter
>
> localuser:
> driver = localuser
> transport = local_delivery
> end
>
> smarthost:
> driver = domainlist
> transport = remote_smtp
> route_list = "* 192.168.XXX.XXX byname"
> end
>
> * * F,2h,15m; G,16h,2h,1.5; F,4d,8h
> end
>
> *@vloo ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
> {$value}fail} bcfrF
>
> # End of Exim configuration file
> <snip>
>
>
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