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From: Jeremy McSpadden <deface@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp rewriting "From:" in emails...
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:26:44
Message-Id: 06CE87B4-A73C-42AD-9BF7-3CBD3AA50BA6@uberpenguin.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ssmtp rewriting "From:" in emails... by Jarry
1 What does your code look like? What application is sending the registration emails?
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4 Jeremy McSpadden
5 deface@×××××××××××.net
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10 On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Jarry wrote:
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12 > While before "From" field in messages sent my web-server was:
13 > added by portage for apache <apache@×××××××××××××××××.com>
14 > (where "myserver.mydomain.com" is FQDN of my web-server)
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16 > After this modification I get mails from:
17 > added by portage for apache <apache@××××××××.com>
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19 > But it should come from:
20 > Info <info@×××××××××××.com>
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22 > So it is still not what I expect. I simply want ssmtp not to touch
23 > or change "from" field, and let it to be as it is defined by MUA
24 > (in this case it is php(mail) function of my web-server)...
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26 > Jarry
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29 > On 22. 4. 2011 19:44, Jeremy McSpadden wrote:
30 >> rewriteDomain=yourdomain.com
31 >> hostname=yourdomain.com
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34 >> Jeremy McSpadden
35 >> deface@×××××××××××.net
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38 >>>
39 >>> I have a strange problem: whenever my web-server sends registration
40 >>> emails, the sender field gets overwritten.
41 >>>
42 >>> "From:" should be:
43 >>>
44 >>> My Web Site<info@mywebsite>
45 >>>
46 >>> But email is delivered to the addressee from:
47 >>>
48 >>> added by portage for apache<apache@mywebsite>
49 >>>
50 >>> Logs on my web-server indicate the mail was handed over to
51 >>> the local MTA with the correct "From:" field. Logs on my
52 >>> mail-server (which is a different machine) show it has
53 >>> already received this mail for delivery with changed "From"
54 >>> field.
55 >>>
56 >>> In between is ssmtp, running on the same machine as web.
57 >>> I'm not quite sure, because I did not find any ssmtp-logs,
58 >>> but I suppose ssmtp is changing "From", simply to the user
59 >>> under which the process is running is substituted into
60 >>> "From" field.
61 >>>
62 >>> My /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf (without comments) is quite simple:
63 >>> root=postmaster
64 >>> mailhub=mymailserver
65 >>>
66 >>> How can I instruct ssmtp not to change "From:" fields
67 >>> in emails?
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