Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-21 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > ... Sendmail ... /etc/mail/genericstable: >bscott dragonh...@gmail.com > > I presume Postfix has a similar capability. Exim may as well. Anyone? I'm disappointined nobody has posted an answer to the above. I'm changing the subje

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-21 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Ben Scott wrote: > The goal here is to configure one's MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) such > that mail from a local-only email address gets rewritten to an valid > public Internet email address. > ... > How does one do this in Postfix and/or Exim? > >From the Webmi

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-21 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 2009-01-21 10:02 AM, Ben Scott wrote: >How does one do this in Postfix and/or Exim? postfix (main.cf): myhostname = foo.example.com -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 b...@bfccomputing.com Cell: 603

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-21 Thread Bruce Dawson
Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > >> ... Sendmail ... /etc/mail/genericstable: >>bscott dragonh...@gmail.com >> >> I presume Postfix has a similar capability. Exim may as well. Anyone? >> > > I'm disappointined nobody has posted an answe

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-21 Thread Ben Scott
At least one person is confused here (me); possibly everybody. :-) The scenario here (for me, and I believe the OP) is rewriting email addresses, not masquerading as a different host. Two have people suggested a config directive for Postfix: myhostname = foo.example.com Now, I

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-21 Thread Thomas Charron
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > At least one person is confused here (me); possibly everybody. :-) All covered in http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html > The scenario here (for me, and I believe the OP) is rewriting email > addresses, not masquerading as a

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-21 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Thomas Charron wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > > At least one person is confused here (me); possibly everybody. :-) > > All covered in http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html Or more specifically: http://www.postfix

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-22 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 2009-01-21 1:06 PM, Ben Scott wrote: >The scenario here (for me, and the OP) is rewriting email addresses, > not masquerading as a different host.:) Righto, and certainly you can do that with address rewriting, but why not setup the MUA properly in the first place? I understand your edge

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-22 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > On 2009-01-21 1:06 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > >The scenario here (for me, and the OP) is rewriting email addresses, > > not masquerading as a different host.:) > > Righto, and certainly you can do that with address rewriting, but why > not

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-22 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 13:06 -0500, Ben Scott wrote: > At least one person is confused here (me); possibly everybody. :-) > > The scenario here (for me, and I believe the OP) is rewriting email > addresses, not masquerading as a different host. > > Two have people suggested a config directive

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-22 Thread Bill McGonigle
On 2009-01-21 1:06 PM, Ben Scott wrote: >So, what I want to do is tell my MTA to rewrite and some > variants to. My MTA can keep on using > for its hostname, but I want it to modify the > reverse-path. > OK, at work now, so I can check my server... here's what I've got (as an example): v

Re: Postfix/Exim sender address rewriting (was: Postfix ... ComCast port 587)

2009-01-22 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Bill McGonigle wrote: > Righto, and certainly you can do that with address rewriting, but why not > setup the MUA properly in the first place? For traditional Unix systems, the MUA is not responsible for building the email address. That's the job of the MTA (o