Re: [exim] exim rewrites the "From:" address

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Προς: Nick via Exim-users
Αντικείμενο: Re: [exim] exim rewrites the "From:" address
Le 2023-02-25 23:21, Nick via Exim-users a écrit :
> When I send an email using: mailx -r , specifying the from address in
> the form name@domain, exim rewrites the domain of the From: address and
> Sender: address to the first entry in the local_domains list. My server
> hosts multiple domains, so I need to be able to specify the domain part
> of the email address.
>
> My server uses Debian so the configuration is generated from files
> exim4.conf.localmacros (where I set: MAIN_FORCE_SENDER to yes) and
> update-exim4.conf.conf (where I set dc_other_hostnames to the list
> of domain names on this server). But I checked the generated file
> /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated and it contains:
>
>
> .ifndef MAIN_FORCE_SENDER
> local_from_check = false
> local_sender_retain = true
> untrusted_set_sender = *
> .endif
>
> which according to my understanding of the documentation should make
> exim leave the from address specified in the command
> mailx -r name@domain destination
> unchanged. But on restarting exim and sending an email with mailx -r,
> it doesn't, it rewrites the domain name.
>
> Why is it doing this and how can I stop it?
>
>
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Hi,

I've just trie to send an email with mailx -r specifying a from adress.
It works fine.
Tested on a Debian sid with a from address on a domain different from
the default one (user root).
I use exim4-daemon-heavy 4.96-14