On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 02:18:12AM +0200, The Hog wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
<snip>
>
> The address rewriting works and emails reach their destination, but the From
> address that is seen by the recipient contains the username of the local user
> on my host.
> 
> The rewriting rule in exim.conf is:
>    [EMAIL PROTECTED]  ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
>                   {$value}fail} frFs
> 
> /etc/email-addresses contains:
>    root: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Still, the email received appears to be sent by "root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]". 
> Most
> email clients thus show "root" as the sender (instead of "thehog").
> 
> How do I change the "root" into something different?
> 
> Thanks for your time,

Are you usually logged in as root?

I'll bet if you log in as someone else it'll work.

Steven.
 
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