Hi Tom, Ah, I didn't realise the extra headers were required.
A quick email through ThunderBird and it works fine - thanks! John Swarbrick -----Original Message----- From: Tom Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 December 2006 19:22 To: vchkpw@inter7.com Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Incorrect From address when using valias On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:16 AM, John Swarbrick wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] qmail-smtpd]# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 mx1.testserver.com ESMTP > HELO me.com > 250 mx1.testserver.com > mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 250 ok > rcpt to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 250 ok > data > 354 go ahead > Test > . > 250 ok 1166640551 qp 29612 > > > The email correctly arrives in the mailbox [EMAIL PROTECTED] (so the alias > worked) but the from address is "[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - why > isn't the from address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Because you didn't include any headers in the DATA section of the SMTP conversation. Try adding "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" and "To: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" and maybe even a subject. Don't forget a blank line before the body ("Test"). -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vpopmail - virtual domains for qmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/ QmailAdmin - web interface for Vpopmail: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/
