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Re: smail. From field



Worik <worik@smtp2.ihug.co.nz> writes:

> Please note that the return address in the from field is something like 
> worik@smtp.ihug.co.nz, and smtp.ihug.co.nz is where I send my mail.
> 
> But I recieve it at worik@noggon.com.
> 
> I would like to get worik@noggon.com into the from field!  How do I do it with 
> smail?

Would you consider upgrading to exim?

The it's quite simple: two lines at the end of /etc/exim.conf:

*@smtp.ihug.co.nz	${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
						{$value}fail} fF

And a file '/etc/email-addresses' containing:

worik: worik@noggon.com

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