[imp] IMP 3.1: Undefined identities use MY name - Help

[Darien Kruss]

You hit the nail on the head! Soon as I switched from sendmail to 
SMTP (horde/config/horde.php) the problem disappeared. Now I have to 
see why sendmail has a fixation on my user account.

THANKS !

>My guess, it's not IMP that's doing it, but sendmail.  Sendmail us
>getting your name from the /etc/passwd file.  Check your sendmail config
>or set Horde up to use SMTP mode instead of sendmail mode.
>
>Quoting Darien Kruss <darien@kruss.com>:
>
>  > As I am deploying Horde 2.0/IMP 3.1 to more users in my organization,
>  > I am noticing a strange behavior and I can't seem to track it down.
>  > If a user creates an identity, or modifies their 'default identity'
>  > then everything works as expected.
>  > If a user logs in to IMP and just composes and sends mail, the mail
>  > is sent with MY name (as it is configured in Red Hat 7.2 shell) and
>  > their email address as the FROM: (Darien Kruss <joe@example.com>)
>  > Here's where I'm confused. None of the processes on the server run as
>  > me. My name doesn't appear in any config or prefs files. All software
>  > installation is done as root. If I change my account name (usermod -c
>  > 'New Name' darien) then IMP uses THAT name.
>  > At what point could IMP be reading the name of a user account in
>>  Linux and using it as the sender's name? I'm stumped.
>>
>>  --
>>      Darien M. Kruss
>  >     darien@kruss.com
>>

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    Darien M. Kruss
    darien@kruss.com