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Old 09-13-2004, 08:46 AM   #1
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Arrow Change user@host.domain to user@domain


Hi,

I'm using webmin to setup a mail server (sendmail). Currently our email addresses look like this : root@crew-ex.crewtech.co.za and we would like it too look like this root@crewtech.co.za.

How do I change this in webmin.

i.e we want not user@host.domain.

Thanks
 
Old 09-13-2004, 08:48 AM   #2
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This is not a server setting, rather a setting of your e-mail client software. Set your e-mail address to yourname@crewtech.co.za in your e-mail client.
And configure sendmail to accept e-mail sent to crewtech.co.za for local delivery (I'm not a sendmail expert, don't know how).
 
Old 09-13-2004, 09:33 AM   #3
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You can also use a feature in sendmail:

MASQ_ENVELOPE and MASQUARADE

http://www.sendmail.org/m4/masquerading.html
 
Old 09-13-2004, 09:37 AM   #4
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Re: Change user@host.domain to user@domain

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Originally posted by Wynand1
Hi,

I'm using webmin to setup a mail server (sendmail). Currently our email addresses look like this : root@crew-ex.crewtech.co.za and we would like it too look like this root@crewtech.co.za.

How do I change this in webmin.

i.e we want not user@host.domain.

Thanks
Personally, I don't use webmin. Nothing against it, but it has never supported setting all the sendmail specific parameters to "properly" configure the MTA.

If webmin supports setting "masquerade_as", then this would be the setting to change. If not... then adding:

MASQUERADE_AS(`mydomain.com')dnl

to your sendmail.mc file will fix your problem. Note: You must rebuild your sendmail.cf file after editing sendmail.mc using m4 or whatever tools your linux distro supplies (you never stated that in your post).
 
Old 09-13-2004, 11:35 AM   #5
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Wynand1

Add crewtech.co.za to /etc/mail/local-host-names like this

/etc/mail/local-host-names
# local-host-names - include all aliases for your machine here.
crewtech.co.za

Restart Sendmail, should be good to go

Pete
 
Old 09-13-2004, 12:29 PM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pete M
Wynand1

Add crewtech.co.za to /etc/mail/local-host-names like this

/etc/mail/local-host-names
# local-host-names - include all aliases for your machine here.
crewtech.co.za

Restart Sendmail, should be good to go

Pete
Funny how the wording of ones post can be interpreted differently. I interpreted the OP question as referring to how to configure sendmail to change the mail from address for non fully qualified e-mail address i.e. masquerade - you the recipient address. i.e. what domains sendmail considers local (hand off to procmail)

Either way, I think he's covered
 
Old 09-13-2004, 03:32 PM   #7
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Hi scowles

From Wynand1's first post I assumed from the email address 'root@crew-ex.crewtech.co.za' that 'crew-ex' is the hostname of his machine and 'crewtech.co.za' his FQDN, which does in fact resolve via DNS, so the easiest way to send mail as 'user@crewtech.co.za' is to add 'crewtech.co.za' to /etc/mail/local-host-names which makes Sendmail responsible for this domain

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i.e we want not user@host.domain
MASQUERADE_AS may well work for him, just never used it for this purpose

Pete
 
Old 09-13-2004, 11:56 PM   #8
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