Re: [exim] Rewrite From

Klassen Torben (Gem. Leopoldshöhe) wrote:

>
> Now when I try to send an email as root

- 'as root' meaning logged-in with UID:GID root:wheel?

- or as some other user su / sudo'ed to EUID:EGID root?

- or 'to root', from neither one of the above?


grep 'never_users'

.. in your configuration file and/or build tree.

Likewise be aware that an 'on-box' shell account sending by invoking a
binary does not (ordinarily) open an smtp session with Exim, hence does
not traverse the acl_smtp_<whatever> cases.

Not to put too fine a poitn on that, but it does not *necessarily* use
Exim at all.

A server can be quite content to use some other MTA for outbound cron
reports, for example, so long as it does not ry to 'listen' on the same
IP(s) & port(s) Exim binds to.

Finally - please DO visit the Debian-specific Exim list.
A pointer to it is in your docs, and it fits what you have.

HTH,

Bill