Re: [Exim] why is exim adding headers?

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Author: Peter Bowyer
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] why is exim adding headers?
Marten Lehmann <lehmann@???> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was almost running crazy with the Perl-Module MIME::Lite while I
> thought that it was adding headers. But then I found out, that it
> wasn't the module, it was exim! Although I'm calling exim (through a
> symlink at /usr/sbin/sendmail) with the option -flehmann@???, two
> headers are added, that I don't want to see:
>
> Return-Path: nobody@???
> Sender: Nobody <nobody@???>
>
> It seems to be because of the user "nobody" at which the webserver and
> the perl-script is running. These headers aren't added when the emails
> are sent through any other user. Why is that? How can I disable it? It
> looks ugly and is completely useless (at least for me).


http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.30/doc/html/spec_5.html#SECT5.2

Add the 'nobody' user to trusted_users.

Peter