Re: [exim] exim changes envelope-sender to root@...

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Auteur: Brenda J. Butler
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Aan: Brenda J. Butler
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Onderwerp: Re: [exim] exim changes envelope-sender to root@...


Couple of clarifications:


On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 01:03:38AM -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
>
> When I generate mail on taz as bjb using mutt, the mail is given
> to exim with an envelope-sender of bjb, and I've seen that
> in the mail spool file (xxxxxx-xxxxxx-00-H, by the command
> exim -bvl xxxxxx-xxxxxx-00 and/or exim -bvh xxxxxx-xxxxxx-00)


I meant to write exim -Mvl xxxxxx-xxxxxxx-00 (and -Mvh)

> However, when the taz exim hands the mail to the gw exim, then
> it says the envelope-sender is root@???.
> I saw this using ethereal - the packet has in it that the
> envelope-sender is root. It is stored in the exim mail
> area (/var/spool/exim/input) with an envelope-sender of
> root@???.


I mean, it is stored on taz with envelope-sender bjb,
and on gw with envelope-sender root.

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