Re: exim headaches

[David Bellows <bfootdav@bellsouth.net>]

Hello Chris

Thanks for your response.  This solution almost works perfectly.  There
is one glitch, the reply address on local mail is my email address and
not my local address so a reply goes out over the 'net instead of
staying local.  I guess it's not that big of a deal -- mild
inconvenience.

David Bellows


Chris Feist wrote:
> 
> I've been having the same problems...  Here's what I did.. In the
> rewriting section in exim.. (I'm not sure if it matters where you put it
> or not).  Put this...
> 
> me@thisbox me@whereishouldbecomingfrom Ffrs
> 
> This re-writes the Envelope From field, From Header, Reply-To Header,
> and Sender Header,  there are other options you can use which are in the
> documentation under rewriting on www.exim.org.  If you want to rewrite
> all addresses that seem to be coming from you box do this..
> 
> *@thisbox $1@whereishouldbecomingfrom Ffrs
> 
> Also to test your rules do this "exim -brw myaddress@thismachine".  This
> will list what it will turn that address to according to your current
> exim.conf file.
> 
> If you have any further questions feel free to email.
>                         Chris
> 
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 05:53:01PM -0500, David Bellows wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I've been banging my head against the wall on this one.  Here's what I'm
> > trying to do.
> >
> > I have exim installed
> > I want local mail delivered locally like:
> > MAIL TO user1@thisbox FROM me@thisbox
> >
> > In other words all local mail stays local.  This is currently working
> > with all the addresses being formed correctly so that a reply stays
> > local.
> >
> > I want outgoing mail to be delivered
> > MAIL TO somone@isp.net FROM bfootdav@bellsouth.net # my real email
> > address
> >
> > This is where the system fails.  It uses my local address as the origin
> > and REPLY field instead of my email address:
> > FROM me@thisbox instead of FROM bfootdav@bellsouth.net
> >
> > So what I'm asking is how do I get exim to use my email address
> > (bfootdav@bellsouth.net) on outgoing mail but not on local mail?
> >
> > Thanks
> > David Bellows
> >
> >
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