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Date:      Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:50:32 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        "Michael E. Mercer" <mmercer@nc.rr.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How do I have sendmail forward emails from root...
Message-ID:  <20031218095032.GA17098@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <1071699714.415.12.camel@dual.mmercer.com>
References:  <1071698821.415.8.camel@dual.mmercer.com> <Pine.OSX.4.58.0312171410590.3088@babelfish.local> <1071699714.415.12.camel@dual.mmercer.com>

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On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 05:21:55PM -0500, Michael E. Mercer wrote:
> In /etc/mail, I ran:
> make cf maps aliases install stop start
>=20
> after every change...
>=20
> More info, now that I think of it. The mail server is getting the
> emails, but kicks it back because
> the the "From:"  header has an unknown host.
> root@dual.mmercer.com
>=20
> How do I remedy this?

'root' is by default a member of class E in the sendmail config --
that's "Exposed users" or users who are exempt from masquerading.
Emails from that clas of UID will have the FQDN of the sending host as
the RHS of the e-mail address.

The answer is to add the names of all of the hosts that your smart
host handles mail for to /etc/mail/local-host-names (one per line).

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.                       26 The Paddocks
                                                      Savill Way
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey         Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614                                  Bucks., SL7 1TH UK

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