Re: [cobalt-users] [Raq4r] Sendmail rewriting header addresses

["Kevin W. Brown" <kevin@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Jeff Lasman wrote:

> "Kevin W. Brown" wrote:
> 
> > I just recently purchased a Raq4r.  Everything is going pretty good except
> > for one thing.  When a user relays e-mail through the Raq, sendmail keeps
> > rewriting the 'From' header address to be 'user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' instead
> > of 'user@xxxxxxxxxx'.
> 
> Do you mean the "From:" address, or the "From " address?  I've never
> seen sendmail change the "From:" line on relayed mail (mail NOT
> originating with the system), as long as the user has a "From:" header
> in his outgoing email when he sends it to sendmail.  If you mean the
> "From " address, try this change to /etc/sendmail.cf:

Yes, the "From:" address is what's being changed.  The message being sent
through the Raq does have a "From:" header.  This is very odd behavior,
and I have not seen this in any of my non-Cobalt sendmail installations.  
It's my understanding that an MTA should not change existing message
headers.  The only rewriting that should be done is to the message
envelope.


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