Re: [exim] envelope for virtual domains

Frank Scholl wrote:
> hello list,
>
> i have set up a mail system for virtual domains as well as for
> localhost mail. at the moment i am struggling at a probably easy to
> solve problem. the envelope address gets build in a way that makes it
> troublesome to communicate with other smtps when sending mail.
>
> lets say the hostname of this machine is mail.domain.tld and it is
> working as an mx for virtual.tld.
>
> the envelope MAIL FROM: then reads like
>

>     <"user@???>

>
> which mostly leads to 501 from remote smtps. too me, this looks like a
> misconfiguration on my side. i tried to rewrite envelope adresses or
> to remove and add new headers, but nothing really changed this string.

You want either:

control=submission/domain=

or

control=submission/sender_retain

http://exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch44.html#SECTsubmodnon

- Marc