On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 15:23:25 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: >I'm having problems with sending emails to root on my machines at work. >My mail setup is a little strange, I suppose, but not too weird, I think >:-) > >I defer all sending of email. Postfix uses a relayhost of >localhost:2300 and my user has a cronjob that sets up an ssh tunnel to a >remote host, my.remote.host, that I use to actually send the email. >(This setup is to avoid the exchange mail server that is used at the >office. I've had A LOT of problems with it and its administrators.) >The current setup works fine for sending to external addresses, but not >for sending to local ones, e.g. to root. > > % /usr/lib/sendmail root << EOF > Subject: hello > > hello > EOF > % mailq > 2B62F4B9DD 335 Fri Sep 29 15:07:41 magnus@my.remote.host > (deferred transport) > root@my.remote.host > >This is how I've configured it: > > % cat /etc/mailname > my.remote.host > % egrep '^root' /etc/aliases > root: magnus > % hostname -f > my.local.host > >My /etc/postfix/main.cf contains the following: > > myhostname = my.local.host > myorigin = /etc/mailname > mydestination = my.local.host, localhost > >How do I configure this so that emails for root are sent to >magnus@my.local.host rather than root@my.remote.host? >And, why are mails sent by the user magnus recorded as sent from >magnus@my.remote.host? Oops, just realised that the magnus@my.remote.host is what's stuck in the From header (different from the From: header) and that this is what I desire. Since a lot of servers on the internet does a lookup on the domain part I need my.remote.host there... so, just disregard the second question. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus@therning.org Jabber: magnus.therning@gmail.com http://therning.org/magnus Software is not manufactured, it is something you write and publish. Keep Europe free from software patents, we do not want censorship by patent law on written works. "He dropped his voice still lower. In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear its throat."
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