[imp] SMTP question

Chris Crowley ccrowley@tulane.edu
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 16:27:45 -0600



> >
> > Hi,
> > I have imp/horde running on a different server that the imap
> > (mailserver) server.  When I send messages the email address is showing
> > up as user@mailserver.domain.com.  I would like to be user@domain.com.
> > Can anyone point me in the right direction.
>
> The right direction is the documentation for your outgoing mail
> server; in sendmail, I believe it's "genericstable".
>

You could change the masquerade directive, but if you change it in the
sendmail.cf it will be wiped out the next time you make that file.

Look at your sendmail.cf file for:

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

I have a similar configuration to yours, and it was necesary to make the
machine that runs IMP be a dumb/slave client to the mailserver so that all
the listserv, and aliasing configurations remained centralized.  If you do
lots of this type of mailserver configuration, I suggest compiling a
sendmail.cf that hands all the mail to be sent over to your mailserver.

I do not build our sendmail.cf files, so I can't give you more info than
this.  And I can not get the details on the build for at least a week. So,
the masquerade directive could be a temporary fix.

Christopher Crowley
Unix System Administrator
ccrowley@tulane.edu
504.862.8000 x2535