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Date:      Mon, 11 Oct 1999 03:27:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Marc Dodsworth <marcd@tpg.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sendmail Question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910110325060.8080-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <001c01bf13c7$92b02420$86a50ccb@marcdods>

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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Marc Dodsworth wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Got a little problem with Sendmail 8.9.3/
> 
> A client of mine is using on an e-mail/gateway system with out major
> problems.  Since the installation was done, the domain name has been changed
> (the names have been changed to protect the innocent :-) from xx.com.au to
> yy.com.au.
> 
> Any mail coming out from the system now shows as being from
> username@xx.com.au when it should come from username@yy.com.au.  Sendmail.cf
> has been changed appropiate as has all other relevant system entries.  The
> maillog records mail as coming from yy.com.au so I'm a bit stumped.
> 
> Thankx for your help

What mailer is he using?  It's possible that it has recorded the 
old hostname somewhere in its configuration files and is still
using it.  For instance pine can be set to lie about the hostname
in the email (mail.wintelcom.net -> wintelcom.net).

-Alfred



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