From address in sendmail

[GK_5]

Hi! I want to change from address in my sendmail client. It shows user@host.domain.com I want it to be abc.xyz@yahoo.com

How do I do it?

Thank you,

-GK-

[RAC_1]

mailx -r option

If you want to do it from command line.

You can also set in sendmail.cf. Do not recollect which macro to set for that.

[Stuart Abramson_2]

1. To change the "site name" you do this:

cd /etc/mail
cp sendmail.cf sendmail.cf.old
vi sendmail.cf
Set:
DMdomain.com
Unset:
CE root


o Stop/Start sendmail:

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

Sendmail pid is 6743
Killing sendmail...
Sendmail killed.
/etc/mail/aliases: 13 aliases, longest 35 bytes, 307 bytes total
sendmail

However, I don't know if you can change "domain.com" to "yahoo.com". It doesn't sound right....

[Bryan D. Quinn]

Hello,

You can do a masquerade in sendmail. Edit your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file and search for DM or masquerade. You will see something like the following:

# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
DM

Modify this to fit what you want, like the following:

# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
DMyahoo.com

Then stop and restart sendmail:

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

Hope this helps!
-Bryan

[GK_5]

Thank you all.
Bryan, I already have done that part.
It is showing user@yahoo.com. I want it abc.xyz@yahoo.com.

How do I change the user portion in the email id.

Thank you

-GK-

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi GK,

Try this using the userdb database.

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062903359

Doc id 1200503211

Hope this helps.

Regds

[GK_5]

Thank you Sanjay,

It worked!

-GK-