Specifying different default user for mail from localhost

Anyone know how to change exim4 to specify a different "from" user for
exim4?

When I send mail from this server to various users using cron, they
receive mail from: "root@host.mydomain.com" instead of:
"thomas@mydomain.com".

I played with the exim4-config_local_user file, but that didn't help.

On Oct 7, 1:07 pm, "thomasjbs" wrote:

> Anyone know how to change exim4 to specify a different "from" user for
> exim4?
>
> When I send mail from this server to various users using cron, they
> receive mail from: "root@host.mydomain.com" instead of:
> "thomas@mydomain.com".
>
> I played with the exim4-config_local_user file, but that didn't help.

It's not an exim function, there is no reverse-alias, but it is
something you could control in cron.

First choice: don't use root's crontab, use your own user's crontab.

Other choices: the way you send emails might allow changing the
"From:", for instance using email (email.cleancode.org) has a --from-
name option, mailx (heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx.html) has a -r
option.

The detail with the host name appearing instead of just the domain is
something you can control in Exim's config and/or your /etc/hosts and /
etc/resolv.conf, it probably is in the FAQ.
--
René Berber

Hi there


thomasjbs@gmail.com wrote:

> When I send mail from this server to various users using cron, they
> receive mail from: "root@host.mydomain.com" instead of:
> "thomas@mydomain.com".
>
> I played with the exim4-config_local_user file, but that didn't help.

Have a look at primary_hostname and qualify_domain.
Exim may also consult /etc/mailname

The from is simply the process owner. Which is a sensible default.


Regards,
Rob
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