Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 03:24:24 -0400 (EDT) From: drifter@stratos.net To: dhw@whistle.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail header rewriting... Message-ID: <199807110724.DAA00828@somniac.org>
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To: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: sendmail header rewriting...
References: <19980709200115.A2497@stratos.net> <199807101403.HAA16074@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 07:03:14AM -0700, David Wolfskill wrote:
> >From: drifter@stratos.net
> >Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 20:01:15 -0400
>
> > The strange thing is if I send a message from "root@somniac.org",
> >it _doesn't_ get transformed to root@myisp.net. Instead, it stays the
> >same. However, all other user accounts on my machine _do_ get the name
> >translated properly.
> > Now, I don't plan on sending any mail from root to the internet,
> >I was just curious as to why this is so.
>
> "root" is one of the "exposed users," by default. These are, as you
> have noted, users whose addresses are not subject to the "masquerading".
>
> david
>
Thanks for everyone who responded to to my question. In the end I
just didn't bother to do anything about it, but it was something new to
learn.
-Rob
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