Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:17:02 -0500 From: "dps" <dan@i-tds.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Newbie Sendmail Question Message-ID: <013d01c42c9c$fc5cd880$3202a8c0@m73524>
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I have somewhat of an easy question regarding sendmail. I'm sure the solution is easy, but I just can't seem to figure out what is going on. First off, I want to say that I have sendmail installed, and it works properly. I can send and recieve e-mail from the box no problem. Basically, my problem has to do with outgoing mail... When I send outgoing mail, it shows up as being from "User LOGIN" and the host is "dps.sockthief.com". dps.sockthief.com is the hostname returned when typing "hostname" from the command prompt. Here is a partial listing for my zone file for named: $TTL 3600 @ SOA ns.sockthief.com. dps.sockthief.com. ( 2004041203 3600 7200 604800 86400 ) NS ns.sockthief.com. NS ns2.sockthief.com. MX 10 mail.sockthief.com. A 65.75.178.150 ns A 65.75.178.150 dps A 65.75.178.150 mail A 65.75.178.150 Also, here is: dps# cat /etc/mail/local-host-names sockthief.com mail.sockthief.com As you can see, sockthief.com, dps.sockthief.com, mail.sockthief.com are all bound to the same IP. So basically, my questions are this: 1) When I send outgoing mail, how do I get the source address to appear as just sockthief.com as opposed to dps.sockthief.com? 2) My user name when i login is "dps" in just all lowercase, but for some reason, on the inbox of the person I'm sending mail to, it shows up as being from "User DPS". Is there a way to change this on a global basis? Sorry if I am was unclear, I'm not used to posting to this list yet. Hopefully I gave enough information, however if you have any more questions or need clarification, feel free to write me back. Cheers! ~Dan
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