Re: root's offsite mail
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:04:19AM -0800, root wrote:
> How can I get 'root' out of the 'From:' line of root's offsite mail?
> I've scanned the docs for exim4, mutt and mailx on this Debian
> etch(mostly) system but nothing found so far.
> I know I can send mail as another user but would rather
> find a solution that doesn't necessitate that.
> I tried Google but found no answer there.
> Thanks,
Basically you are trying to rewrite mail address. Since you are using
exim4 and have root access, configuring exim4 to rewrite source address
is the way to go.
See "man 5 exim4-config_files" and set up /etc/email-addresses file.
http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch07.en.html#themailaddressconfiguration
Cheers,
Osamu
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