David, I am going through a dialup isp and have the following at the end of my /etc/exim.conf file. It only rewrites mail destined for the Internet. hth mike
###################################################################### # REWRITE CONFIGURATION # ###################################################################### # There are no rewriting specifications in this default configuration file. # This is an example of a useful rewriting rule---it looks up the real # address of all local users in a file # [EMAIL PROTECTED] "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Ffr # # End of Exim configuration file On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 07:58:44PM +0930, David Purton wrote: > I emailed about this a couple of days ago, and still haven't managed to solve > the problem, so I thought I'd try again > > I'm running exim, pine and potato on a dialup machine. > > I want to my actual email address to be attached to messages on the way out > and have put a line in /etc/email-addresses to do this. > > this seems to work, with the following problems: > when I send mail to my other accounts and read it with pine, in the index > section the from field contains To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than who the > mail is > from. I appears to be ok when I actually open the mail says FROM correct > address, but when I reply to it, I just end up replying to myself, not the > originating address. > > any ideas? > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Today people in droves hurry up past Heumoz to Villars > on the road to the ski hills, so they can rush down them > as fast as possible, so they can hurry up again in order > to rush down again. In a way this is funny,... > > Francis A Schaeffer > > David Purton > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]