Mail configuration

[Alberto T. Tepox]

Regards.
When i send mail, the message only shows the name of the user whose send mail.
I want to know if its possible to know also the name of the server where the message are from.

Tks a lot, and i hope the message is clear and understandably...

[Geoff Wild]

You should be able to see that in the "headers".

IE in Outlook, "View" -> "Options"

Rgds...Geoff

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

Modify the file sendmail.cf

Find the line # Dj ...

Copy the line

Djdomain.net

That will make all mail appear to be from username@domain.net

Modify accordingly.

SEP

[Alberto T. Tepox]

Ok, i see the #Dj line, but my question is that line tell me from which server the message are???

I have HP-UX...

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi Alberto,

As rightly mentioned by Geoff above, the only reliable way to find that information is to view the message header.

The mail protocol as it is allows us to specify any name as sender...

hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

No the Dj change I recommended by itself will not let you know from which server the mail came from. the mail.log file on the receiving server will contain enough details to determine it.

If you want the email address itself to identify the sender another tactic is possible.

in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

Change the hostname of the server from:

server
to
server.your.net
#your.net is your domain name

Then all outbound mail will have the following adress:
username@server.your.net

This won't work if the domain name exceeds 8 characters except on hpux 11 v2 with the expanded hostname attachment.

SEP