Remapping root account email
 

Hi All
Postfix mail server.
I have mapped but when sending emails it sill has root as the username eg is there a way to map out the root username, if so how.
Thanks in advamce

That is not the username, but the name. When you send mails from fw@mydomain.com, you'll need to specify 'Some Name <fw@mydomain.com>' or change the name for fw/root.

An email client will take whatever name it can when that is not properly setup.

Hi Robert
Actually that is the username, it's being sent from the root account, so the name & username are the same in this case. I was just asking is it possible to map the root part to another name when sending emails from the root account.

You can do this:

mailx needs to be installed if you dont have it, 'somebody@example.org' is the person who you are writing to. Basically you need to control the 'From' header when sending a mail and you can put whatever you want.

The system administrator can define email aliases in the file /etc/aliases. This file contains lines like root: cwd@mailhost.example.com, /root/mailbox; the effect is the same as having cwd@mailhost.example.com, /root/mailbox in ~root/.forward. You may need to run a program such as newaliases after changing /etc/aliases.

Note that the workings of .forward and /etc/aliases depend on your MTA. Most MTAs implement the main features provided by the traditional sendmail, but check your MTA's documentation.

root@mydomain.com to fw@mydomain.com
but when sending emails it sill has root as the username eg
Quote:
root <fw@mydomain.com>