Re: [Exim] '-f' switch for aliased users

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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Subject: Re: [Exim] '-f' switch for aliased users
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 03:27:51PM -0700, Richard wrote:
> Is there an equivalent setup option for the old sendmail '-f' switch


> this would allow my web server (user=www-data) to send email as :
> someuser@???.


> at the moment it sends all mail being from :


> www-data@???


-f works per default only for "trusted" users and is ignored
otherwise, you can either make www-data itself trusted (which has
other implications that you should look up in the manual) or set
untrusted_set_sender (global boolean in exim3, expanded address list
in exim4), perhaps together with local_from_check = false.

> BTW, I love the logs in Exim. they kick sendmail butt !


-d<somewalue>, especicially together with -bt, -bv or -bh is really
helpful, too.

It looks like you haven't found the other _big_ exim bonus - its
included documentation. You could have easily answered this question
for yourself by using it:
"The Exim command line" --> "Command line options" --> "-f" which has
all the explanations.

             cu andreas