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Re: incorrect username on 'From:' line of outgoing messages



Britton writes:
>
>The subject pretty much says it all.  My 'smarthost' is aurora.uaf.edu,
>and my username on this system is fsblk, but my username from my home
>maching (which is 'gandalf') gets put in the "From:" line.  I have tried
>responding with 'fsblk@aurora.uaf.edu' when asked by smailconfig for my
>systems visable address, but it doesn't allow this.  Is there any way to
>change this behavior so my outgoin messages have 'fsblk@aurora.alaska.edu'
>in the 'From:' field, or do I just need to use a 'Reply-to:' field.  Any
>help or advice greatly appreciated.

Search the debian-user archives at www.debian.org. There's been a lot
of discussion on this subject lately. Just search for 'exim', and you
will eventually find the info you want. 


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