dtmail

[Ulrich Deiters]

Is it possible to configure dtmail (or sendmail) not to use the
local user name and local machine name for the "From:" and
"Reply to:" fields, but some other e-mail address?

[Rainer_1 · Accepted solution]

changing the local user can be done for example:

Local user (from /etc/passwd) : udeiters
Domain: domain.de

In /etc/sendmail.cf add these lines:
O UserDatabaseSpec=/etc/mail/userdb.db
DMdomain.de

Create the file /etc/mail/userdb with:
udeiters:mailname ulrich.deiters
ulrich.deiters:maildrop udeiters

Convert /etc/mail/userdb with:

/usr/sbin/makemap btree /etc/mail/userdb.db < /etc/mail/userdb

Now restart sendmail:

/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop
/sbin/init.d/sendmail start

After these changes emails for the unix user udeiters will be generated as ulich.deiters@domain.de

[Ulrich Deiters]

Thanks, that does it!
I wonder how you found this; the information on the HP-UX
information CD-ROM (Dynatext) is rather meagre.

[nnf97]

Hi,

The sendmail.cf file is full of comments and one just needs to have some patience to read through it :)

Regards,
Nabeel