[ale] weird mail issue

dmcnash at charter.net dmcnash at charter.net
Fri Jan 16 14:39:10 EST 2009


I knew in the back of my failing memory that there was another step.

In sendmail.cf (last modified in 2004):
...
# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
DMcharter.net
...

But nobody still uses sendmail anymore, do they?

It is strange that root is different.
--
doug mcnash

---- Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote: 
> dmcnash at charter.net wrote:
> > Try adding a REPLYTO to your root environment
> > i.e. REPLYTO=dmcnash at charter.net
> 
> No, didn't work.  What I had to do was modify the actual machine name to 
> make it match a valid domain.  Weird that the problem was only exhibited 
> when sending mail as root.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey
> 
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