Howdy,
ok, i found the answer.
it is indeed Netscape that is being bad, not qmail.
the solution is to add the following line to the
preferences.js file:
user_pref("mail.suppress_sender_header", true);
\\//_
"montgomery f. tidwell" wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> is it possible to have qmail just remove the offending "Sender:"
> field from all outgoing emails??
>
> \\//_
>
> Peter Samuel wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, montgomery f. tidwell wrote:
> >
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > i just noticed that mail sent out by my qmail server does
> > > not put my domain in to the Sender: field. it is going
> > > out as "Sender: mtidwell" and not "Sender:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > > like it should.
> > >
> > > what have i done wrong??
> >
> > Chosen to use Netscape as your MUA.
> >
> > This is a known problem with Netscape and has nothing to do with
> > qmail. Normally it isn't a problem as well behaved MUAs will not use the
> > Sender: field to generate a reply address, but unfortunately some broken
> > systems do (I don't know off hand which ones they are). If the Sender:
> > field is not fully qualified, this leads to the local MTA trying to
> > deliver the message to:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > instead of
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Peter
> > ----------
> > Peter Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.e-smith.org (development) http://www.e-smith.com (corporate)
> > Phone: +1 613 368 4398 Fax: +1 613 564 7739
> > e-smith, inc. 1500-150 Metcalfe St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1P1 Canada
> >
> > "If you kill all your unhappy customers, you'll only have happy ones left"
