Re: exim/fetchmail config
On (04/10/03 20:54), Paul Mackinney wrote:
> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 20:54:00 -0700
> From: Paul Mackinney <paul@mackinney.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: 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?
Hi Jeff
I had the same problem and struggled for days to find a way around it ;)
I then found this from Rob Lister:
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20010903/029627.html
It worked for me ;)
Regards
Clive
> >
> 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
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>
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