eliminate hostname from "mail from" address

[ytakbob]

When I send an email from my box...the
mail from is
MAIL From:<hci@ifprod.abcd.org>

&quot;ifprod&quot; is the host name....I would like to exclude this
so that the from address is hci@abcd.org

can I do this by changing hte sendmail.cf ?

Bob Schmid

 

[dsn1]

Yes you can. You can change the hostname and domain names that sendmail uses by editing the sendmail.cf file. Have a look at

http://publibn.boulder.ibm.com/doc_link/de_DE/a_doc_lib/files/aixfiles/sendmail.cf.htm

You need to modify the Dw and Cw fields

Dave

 

[ytakbob]

made the following changes to sendmail.cf
Dwhmis
#DmYourDomainName
#Dmorg
Cw localhost $w $?m$w.$m$. hmis.org
#Cm $m YourOtherDomainNames
# file containing names of hosts for which we receive email
#Fw-o /etc/sendmail.cw


attempted to send to local exchange address bob_schmid@hmis.org (a microsoft outlook nt email address... not defined on this AIX box)

change Dw to hmis and I can send out to the internet but AIX seems to think the address of bob_schmid@hmis.org is on my AIX box.

I need the domain to be simply hmis.org...not ifprodetn.hmis.org

ifprodetn is my AIX boxes hostname..I do not want AIX to
prepend the hostname onto the domain name and I also do not
want AIX &quot;thinking&quot; email address with hmis.org as the domain on local.

Here is my error message:

Cc: Warning: .cf file is out of date: sendmail AIX4.3/8.9.3 supports version 8, .cf file is version 7
bob... aliased to bob_schmid@hmis.org
bob_schmid@hmis.org... User unknown
hci... forward: /home/hci/.forward.hmis: Group writable directory
hci... forward: /home/hci/.forward: Group writable directory
/home/hci/dead.letter... cannot open /home/hci/dead.letter: The file access permissions do not allow the specif
ied action.
hci... Connecting to local...
hci... Sent
Bob Schmid
bob_schmid@hmis.org
330-746-1010 ext. 1347

 

[ytakbob]

Here's the bottom line.
Our domain is hmis.org defined for our hospital and is defined within an NY microsoft exchange server and DNS server.

I can use the Dwhmis and Dmorg or use Cw and hmis.org and the from address will be built appropriately and I can then send to email accounts out on the internet because hmis.org is a valid dns entry...but when I want to send to a local email account within our walls - ex micky.mouse@hmis.org....AIX errors out and says not a valid address. It isnt valid on AIX but it is on our Microsoft exchange server....how can I get AIX to not try to interpret these email addresses ?
Bob Schmid
bob_schmid@hmis.org
330-746-1010 ext. 1347