On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 10:05:17AM -0800, Neil Schneider wrote: > > Don W. Jenkins said: > > To all those who answered with various suggestions for my muttrc file, > > I > > have applied all suggestions, with no luck in getting my "From:" > > header > > completely under control in my sent e-mails. The Kplug listers did > > correctly identify the problem as being not in mutt, but postfix, as I > > was able to get the last half of the e-mail address corrected by > > changing "mydomain" and "myorigin" in postfix. Now the "From:" header > > reads: > > > > "Don W. Jenkins<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > > > "oakman" is my username on my computer system, and I need that part to > > be "dwjenkins", but I don't see where postfix reads that. I see > > plenty > > of places where mutt would read it, if it were allowed to. Right now > > postconf -n yields: > > > > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases > > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > > append_dot_mydomain = no > > biff = no > > config_directory = /etc/postfix > > mailbox_command = > > mailbox_size_limit = 0 > > mydestination = localhost.localdomain, localhost.localdomain, > > localhost, > > sc-zg.com > > mydomain = sc-zg.com > > myhostname = dwjenkins.sc-zg.com > > mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 > > myorigin = sc-zg.com > > recipient_delimiter = + > > relayhost = smtp.west.cox.net > > smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) > > > > The main.cf in Ubuntu is much more abbreviated than I am used to, or > > at > > least a lot of commentary is omitted, and all the variables are lumped > > together in one place with very little else in the file. It is a very > > short file, so I don't know if there are some missing possibilities, > > one > > of which would solve things. > > Add to /etc/postfix/sender-canonical > oakman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In main.cf add > sender_canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sender_canonical > > run "postmap sender_canonical" in /etc/postfix, then restart postfix > and all will be resolved. > > > The sender_canonical file maps local users to email addresses. Postmap > hashes the file so that postfix can read it fast. If you want the > incoming mail to be changed so it all ends up in oakman's mailbox, > then you create a recipient_canonical file. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > postmap sender_canonical > > and in main.cf add > > sender_canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sender_canonical > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net > http://www.paccomp.com > Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D > > "All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies." > -- Dr. John Arbuthnot (1667-1735) > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
Thanks for all the help, everyone. Somehow, things worked after a reboot and after removing the line about "sender_canonical_maps" from main.cf. Don't know which of all of it was the magic bullet, but I'll take it. Now I get a From: that reflects what I want it to say and my messages get sent. Don J. -- Don W. Jenkins, Registered Linux User 190728/Linux Machine 84430 Ubuntu4.10 Warty/Simply-Mepis2004/Ubuntu Hoary/W2000Server Rancho San Diego, An Unincorporation of the Mind "People will let you do whatever you will." Max Farce, -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
