On 2022-04-26 09:25:48 -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > What I get out of this is that my MUA (mutt) might generate a message > that lacks a local account name (I assume it is defined by the content > of /etc/mailname, whicn in my case happens to be lenin.histomat.net).
No, /etc/mailname is just the FQDN (or something simpler in some cases). You should just use set use_envelope_from in your muttrc, and provide a valid "From:" header. (I use "set envelope_from", but envelope_from is actually the old name for use_envelope_from.) And make sure that $sendmail is equivalent to "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem -oi". > Another question. The implication is that if the three lines are > present in the exim configuration it whould allow the user to specify > the envelop sender. FYI, I haven't touched these 3 lines. > Is this merley a statement of fact or is the template file used to > construct the exim configuration? Yes, it is used to generate the configuration file, which is "/var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated". > In exim configuration I hide outgoing local mail name and provide > the domain name without prepending host name. I assume > this is irrevant and is merley a cosmetic isaue. Is that so? Probably. But if you provide the correct addresses with Mutt, this shouldn't matter. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)