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Date:      Sun, 16 Feb 2003 10:14:13 -0500
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
Subject:   Re: Setting proper From host in Sendmail
Message-ID:  <3E4FAAC5.5050806@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20030216090543.02216038@sage-one.net>
References:  <3.0.5.32.20030216090543.02216038@sage-one.net>

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Jack L. Stone wrote:
> Pardon me if this is OT, but it is probably an easy question for many on
> this list.
> 
> The problem:
> Host on my Internal network sends out formmail replies as FROM
> "www.thehost.com"
> 
> QUESTION:
> How can I make it show the replies as being from the sender -- my web forms
> provide for picking up the "From" field.
> 
> If I test this on my gateway/router machine, it inserts the right FROM info
> as "sender@somewhere.net" instead of the "www".

You want formmail-generated mail to go out as <sender@somewhere.net>?
Add:

MASQUERADE_AS(`somewhere.net')dnl

...to your sendmail.mc (perhaps /etc/mail/freebsd.mc).  Other options, 
like masquerade_envelope, might also be required, but that's the place 
to start....

-Chuck


-Chuck


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