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. -- Excellent time to become a missing person. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/