sending mail from different domain name 1

[fluid11]

I'm pretty new to Sendmail. I just set up Sendmail 8.11.6 on a Red Hat 7.3 server. When I send mail out, it appends the full name of my mail server --> @cp.domain.org. I want all outgoing mail to just use @domain.org.

Inside the /etc/mail/local-host-names file, I simply have 'domain.org'. Look at the following command...

[root@cp mail]# echo "$=w" | sendmail -bt
ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> [1.2.3.4]
cp
domain.org
localhost.localdomain
localhost
cp.domain.org

Where is it getting all of this since all I have is domain.org in the local-host-names file?


Thanks,
ChrisP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[fluid11]

I've also added this to the sendmail.mc file and created the new sendmail.cf file...

MASQUERADE_AS(domain.org)dnl
MASQUERADE_DOMAIN(domain.org)dnl

In the sendmail.cf file, it creates the &quot;DMdomain.org&quot; entry. I've read that this all I have to do.

Outgoing mail is still sent as *@cp.domain.org.

I want to send mail as *@domain.org.


Any ideas? Am I missing something?


Thanks
ChrisP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[beye1850]

Do you mean that e-mail address are getting appended from:

user@domain.org to user@cp.domain.org

or do u mean that the server listed in the e-mail header is changed from

domain.org to cp.domain.org

If its the first check that your e-mail client program (ie Outlook) is setup with the correct e-mail address

If its the second then that is a DNS issue. Your ISP probably has that pc listed as cp.domain.org not domain.org you need to contact them.

 

[fluid11]

I'm in control of my zone file on my ISP's server. There is nothing that says cp.domain.org. The problem is sending mail out, so I really don't think DNS is an issue. I can receive mail for either @cp.domain.org or @domain.org. Every record for my domain points to the same server, so *.domain.org will get resolved to my server.

I haven't used any 3rd party mail clients yet. I'm sending mail from the server using the 'mail' command. All mail goes out as user@cp.domain.org.


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[fluid11]

&quot;I can receive mail for either @cp.domain.org or @domain.org. Every record for my domain points to the same server, so *.domain.org will get resolved to my server.&quot; --> Sorry, I messed this up. Its true that *.domain.org will get resolved, but I can only receive mail for cp.domain.org and domain.org, because that is whats listed in the class variable w (above, first post).


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[fluid11]

I just tested sending mail from an MUA and I'm not having any problems there. I can send from domain.org without any problems. I still can't send from domain.org from the command prompt at the Sendmail server.


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[Butterfly123]

Send the mail using &quot;F&quot; option which will enable you to specify the FROM name.

- Hemant
Networking and Systems Integration Group
Satyam Computer Services Ltd

 

[fluid11]

Thanks Butterfly123.

This isn't that important, but is it possible to make 'foo.org' the default domain when sending from the console?


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[Butterfly123]

Well, if u know m4 programming, u can tweak with the code in sendmail.cf (under format of headers - section), u can fix the domainname for sending the mails out. I havent tried out this opton as of yet!

With Dj$wfoo.com option, sendmail will use it only if its not able to identify its own domainname.

Regds,



- Hemant
Networking and Systems Integration Group
Satyam Computer Services Ltd

 

[fluid11]

[root@cp mail]# echo &quot;$=w&quot; | sendmail -bt
ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> [1.2.3.4]
cp
domain.org
localhost.localdomain
localhost
cp.domain.org

Where is it getting all of this since all I have is domain.org in the local-host-names file? If I can have domain.org show up first, then I think that would solve my problem.


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[RhythmAce]

What's in /etc/hosts? Sendmail may be peeking in there to find out what its name is.

 

[fluid11]

Only loopback stuff is in /etc/hosts, but that was a good guess

Take a look at my Sendmail rant here --> thread14-340453 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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