Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:24:59 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Andrew Fremantle <freebsd@skyhawk.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Invalid Global DNS name and sendmail Message-ID: <FEB3FF1A-5033-490C-8A8D-B1BD894A3ECE@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <462D06D8.8060902@skyhawk.ca> References: <462D06D8.8060902@skyhawk.ca>
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On Apr 23, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Andrew Fremantle wrote:
> With all the configurations I've tried, emails are rejected by my
> smarthost with an error like "sender address root@psyche.local
> invalid; domain does not exist".
>
> What I'd like to do is find a way to alter sendmail's perception of
> my hostname. Ideally, this would only affect sendmail and nothing
> else.
The reason emails from root are being exposed using the real hostname
is because of this:
# class E: names that should be exposed as from this host, even if
we masquerade
# class L: names that should be delivered locally, even if we have
a relay
# class M: domains that should be converted to $M
# class N: domains that should not be converted to $M
#CL root
C{E}root
...in sendmail.cf. Remove root from this C{E} line and you should be
all set.
However, if you want to explicitly set your hostname in sendmail,
change this:
# my official domain name
# ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine
your domain
#Dj$w.Foo.CO
...to:
Djmyhost.example.com
...or whatever you like.
--
-Chuck
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