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RE: exim __newbie__



rerun "eximconfig" and make sure to use a smarthost (some mail server to
relay mail for you).  then in /etc/email-addresses somewhere near the bottom
add:

username: email@addy.com


Exim will then rewrite the mails for username.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: krzys@mi.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com
> [mailto:krzys@mi.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com]On Behalf Of Krzys Majewski
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 2:07 PM
> To: Steve Juranich
> Cc: Debian Users List
> Subject: Re: exim __newbie__
>
>
> See also the other exim thread  kicking around these days, which is me
> trying to solve basically the same problem. Apparently the key word is
> "smarthost", but I haven't got it working yet. -chris
>
> Steve Juranich <sjuranic@kant.ee.washington.edu> writes:
>
> > First off, I'd like to say that I have no intention or desire
> to use my box
> > as a mail server, or even have mail delivered on my system.
> The only reason
> > that I am compelled to configure exim on my box is to be able
> to use things
> > like 'reportbug' and 'bugbuddy'.
> >
> > Right now, when I send a mail from my box at home (I'm sending
> this message
> > from my school account), the mail headers come up as being sent from
> > "steve@c502436-a.fedwy1.wa.home.com", which is correct.  But
> what I'd like
> > to do is for exim to mangle the address so that it says that
> it's being sent
> > from one of my other accounts.
> >
> > Is something that I can put in the exim config file to say
> something like:
> >
> > if (from_steve):
> > 	from = 'sjuranic@rcs.ee.washington.edu'
> >
> > or something like that?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Stephen W. Juranich                         sjuranic@ee.washington.edu
> > Electrical Engineering         http://students.washington.edu/sjuranic
> > University of Washington             http://rcs.ee.washington.edu/ssli
> >
> >
> >
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