Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 12:43:13 +0200 (EET) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly N4HHE) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail tricks Message-ID: <199803211043.MAA03113@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <199803210223.UAA03946@nospam.hiwaay.net> from "David Kelly N4HHE" at "Mar 20, 98 08:23:04 pm"
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Once David Kelly N4HHE wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov writes:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have to rewrite sender's address based on the recipient's address.
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > There is a mailing list <ORACLE-L@DBINFO.COM>.
> > I have a local alias <Oracle-L@ucb.crimea.ua>, which
> > is subscribed to the list. Now, when I send mail to
> > ORACLE-L@DBINFO.COM, I want it to be sent from
> > Oracle-L@ucb.crimea.ua, not from ru@ucb.crimea.ua.
> >
> > Anyone knows HOW can I do this?
>
> You are "ru@ucb.crimea.ua" but when *you* send the message you want it
> to say you are really "Oracle-L@ucb.crimea.ua"? I don't know how you do
> it in ELM but in MH (actually using exmh2) I simply put an appropriate
> From: line in ~/Mail/{distcomps,replcomps} in order to take care of the
> problem of a dailup network connection and dynamic IP address.
>
> Exmh places this From: line in the composition window, so its easy to
> change on a per-message basis. I added "N4HHE" to this message just for
> kicks.
>
> Is that the kind of thing you were thinking about?
No, I want to do it using some ``sendmail tricks''.
The problem is that macro $u is not yet defined in RULESET_1.
Is there a way to check recipient's address in RULESET_1?
> Another way, probably frought with problems would be to create yet
> another alias but this time one that forwards to ORACLE-L@DBINFO.COM.
> If you forward thru bulk_mailer (see ports/mail/bulk_mailer) it has
> options to rewrite Reply-To and other headers. That might do what you
> want.
Thanks, I know what is bulk_mailer for. I just looking for a better solution.
TIA,
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