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Re: trouble with fetchmail via exim (wrong address)



hi esko,

ah-ha!  yes, that did the trick.

thx for your help.

bentley taylor.
 (potato on 2.2.16)

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Esko Lehtonen wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 11:01:14AM -0600, cls-colo spgs wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > ...mind if i join in the fun?
> >
> > i can follow mr. deackes's info, and thx for providing it.
> >
> > using mutt, i can  compose and send  an email.  but  the "from" line has the
> > incorrect  sender address ("bt@pcisys.net").    btw, "bt" is my non-root user
> > account.    my email addy is "pplaw@pcisysnet."   (so, i need to change,
> > "bt@pcisys.net" to "pplaw@pcisys.net." in the "from" line of emails.)  do i have to
> > adduser "pplaw" to the box  and  then login as "pplaw"? (i'd rather not have to do
> > this,  but i certally will if it's the only way it'll work.)
> >
> > ia, t.
> >
> > bentley taylor
> >  (potato on 2.2.16)
>
> Well, at least my exim setup using eximconfig made this to the end of /etc/exim.conf
>
> # There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file.
> #
> # This rewriting rule is particularly useful for dialup users who
> # don't have their own domain, but could be useful for anyone.
> # It looks up the real address of all local users in a file
>
> *@debian    ${lookup{$1}lsearch{/etc/email-addresses}\
>                                                 {$value}fail} bcfrF
>
> I have added
>
> eplehton: esko.lehtonen@pp.htv.fi
>
> to my /etc/email-addresses and exim seems to change eplehton@localhost correctlyto my real address.
>
> >
> > //
> >
> > Phillip Deackes wrote:
> >
> > > Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Don't know if this is applyable here, just pointing out a potential
> > > > problem. Actually, I don't really have a domain name for my local
> > > > "network" (i.e. my desktp and my notebook) I just use hostnames. How
>
> <cutted out>
>
>
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>
>  Esko Lehtonen
>  esko dot lehtonen at pp dot htv dot fi
>
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