Re: trouble with fetchmail via exim

[Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.co.uk>]

cls-colo spgs <pplaw@pcisys.net> wrote:
> 
> 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.)

The best way of sorting this system-wide is to add a re-writing rule to
your /etc/exim.conf. On my system I have a user called scott and his
email address would be set by exim as scott@gmx.co.uk. Unfortunately his
email address is actually sah1@gmx.co.uk. This is the line I needed to
add:

scott@gmx.co.uk sah1@gmx.co.uk Ffsr

This means that when exim sees scott@gmx.co.uk it changes it to
sah1@gmx.co.uk. The line is added right at the end of /etc/exim.conf -
you will see similar lines commented out.


-- 
Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux