Re: exim/fetchmail config
Jeff Elkins declaimed:
> I've recently switched to a system where fetchmail picks up all my pop3 email
> and routes it to a local address, wherespamassassin analyzes it. Thus far,
> it's been working great, except for one caveat...
>
> Certain family members are Windows/Outlook Express users and when they attempt
> to reply to an email it's routed to jeffelkins@localhost or jeff@localhost
> rather than jeffelkins(at)earthlink.net or jeff(at)elkins.org
>
> I'm stumped. Is this a problem with my exim/fetchmail config or is it a OE
> problem? How can I overcome this?
>
On a hunch, I wonder if you've customized /etc/email-addresses. Exim
uses it to set the default return address for your Linux account.
I use the mutt email reader. Normally it uses the return address that I
specify. But if it doesn't get set for some reason (experimental
mbox-hooks in .muttrc) then it uses the default.
You can get a lot of info by bcc:ing yourself on a message and reviewing
the headers.
HTH, PM
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Paul Mackinney
paul@mackinney.net
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