Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 15:47:11 -0600 (MDT) From: User Shane <shane@random.randomwords.ca> To: dan@i-tds.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie Sendmail Question Message-ID: <200404272147.i3RLlB8G098142@random.randomwords.ca> In-Reply-To: <013d01c42c9c$fc5cd880$3202a8c0@m73524>
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 27 15:26:29 2004 > From: "dps" <dan@i-tds.net> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:17:02 -0500 > Subject: Newbie Sendmail Question > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Dan, As you can see from the message header I can sympathize with you! I know that part of the problem has to do with your email client. If you are using 'mail' (like I am right now) then you get this problem. Try editing your .mailrc file to have the correct "reply-to" address. There are probably .rc files which control the behavior of your mail client if you're using Pine, Mutt etc. When I use Evolution and other gui clients, this doesn't seem to be a problem. Shane
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