Re: [cobalt-developers] sendmail

[Chuck <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Badua wrote:

> Thats what i don't want.  I need to find a way to remove the host from the
> email address.  Do i need to edit the virtudertable?

No. Just comment out the line mentioned all together, and then
sendmail will default to whatever is in your "from" field defined
in your mail client.

PS: if you could be kind enough to respond below the paragraphs
in the messages, it would allow a person who searches the archives
to understand easily the tread.

> Wim Aarts wrote:
>
>
> > find your sendmail.cf file in /etc or /etc/mail
> > find the lines below, and add the last one where domain is your
>
> domain...etc
>
> > # my official domain name
> > # ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your
> > domain
> > #Dj$w.Foo.COM
> > Djdomain.com
>
>
> Be careful with this, as all users sending from the raq might
> start showing up as
> 	user@xxxxxxxxxx
> overriding
> 	user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> > restart sendmail.
> >
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
> > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start
> >
> > That does the trick. Keep a copy of the original sendmail.cf file just in
> > case... Good practice before upgrading with cobalt packages is to restore
> > the original file before you do an upgrade.
> >
> > Cheers Wim.
> >
> >
> >
> > > When sending mail, how do i make it to only display my domain address
> >
> > intead
> >
> >
> > > of host.domain.com, i.e joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  I really want it to look
> like
>
> > > joe@xxxxxxxxxx