Re: [Exim] Root is user in Envelope

On 2002-01-12 at 23:48 -0700, Kevin Reed wrote:
> The remote admin uses a generic email address admin@???
> which the MUA on the box forces when he sends email.
>
> Exim is it proper operation, sees that adminr = root and sets the
> envelope of the outgoing message to root even though the From:
> address is admin@???.

Look up the "trusted_users" option. Given how you've described the
admin/adminr accounts, this would seem to make sense. In fact, look at
admin_users too.

> Many MTA's reject this mail as they don't take email from root.

They're broken. Complain to their postmaster.

> Question... Is it possible to change Exim's configuration so that IF
> the outgoing mail is from adminr, it uses either adminr or the From:
> address as the envelope.

trusted_users/trusted_groups give a number of privileges to the listed
users/groups, including the ability to set anything for the From: header
and the envelope from.
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