On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 05:46:12PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > David Benfell writes: > > >I'm slowly deciphering the bounce message. Apparently, courier--mutt > >isn't doing this--is forcing my From: address to benfell@graton. graton > >is the not fully qualified domain name of the system. And my mail should > >be going out as benf...@parts-unknown.org. > > > >Why would this be happening? > > If Mutt does not specify the envelope return address using the -f > option to sendmail, Courier has to come up with one. Your system > loginid becomes the username portion, and the domain comes from the > $sysconfdir/defaultdomain or $sysconfdir/me, whichever comes first, > or if neither file exists, your system hostname.
Courier was overriding what mutt told it. > > You probably have neither $sysconfdir/defaultdomain or > $sysconfdir/me, and that's what your hostname comes out to be. I *did* have this, but it was set to graton, which I'm assuming is the source of the problem. We'll find out when I attempt to send this message. (If you get this, it worked.) -- David Benfell benf...@parts-unknown.org
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