On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 02:18:12AM +0200, The Hog wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
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>
> The address rewriting works and emails reach their destination, but the From
> address that is seen by the recipient contains the username of the local user
> on my host.
>
> The rewriting rule in exim.conf is:
> *@nowhere.com ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
> {$value}fail} frFs
>
> /etc/email-addresses contains:
> root: thehog@???
>
> Still, the email received appears to be sent by "root <thehog@???". Most
> email clients thus show "root" as the sender (instead of "thehog").
>
> How do I change the "root" into something different?
>
> Thanks for your time,
Are you usually logged in as root?
I'll bet if you log in as someone else it'll work.
Steven.
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