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Date:      Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:27:39 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Esmaeel Pashapouri <epashapouri@ca.inter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: config sendmail
Message-ID:  <871vsbzktw.fsf@kobe.laptop>
In-Reply-To: <20090401205734.GC11361@Hammer.home.edu> (Esmaeel Pashapouri's message of "Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:57:34 -0400")
References:  <20090401205734.GC11361@Hammer.home.edu>

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On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:57:34 -0400, Esmaeel Pashapouri <epashapouri@ca.inter.net> wrote:
> Hello list,
> Having truble sending mail through my ISP.
>
> I have freebsd 7.1 amd-64 generic installed.
>
> With smart host defined for sendmail I get my mails returned
> with unknown sender esmaeel@ca.inter.net.
>
> My user name at ISP is epashapouri and smtp server does not require
> authentication. I added user epashapouri and mail gets out OK.
>
> Is there a way to make sendmail send mail with the user name other than
> login name?

Yes.  What you want is called `genericstable'.

For an example of how I am using genericstable here', see an older
Usenet post I sent a few months ago:

  http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/msg/562dc23fca32c37c




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