Well, I tried setting the following in /etc/environment and restarting the
server:
DOVECOT_HOSTDOMAIN="mail.domain.test"
After doing so, I verified that the command "dovecot --hostdomain" returned
"mail.domain.test" and not "appserver4.domain.com"; however, the email
received header still shows:
Received: from mail.domain.test by appserver4.domain.com (Dovecot) with
LMTP id ....
I also tried adding the following line to
/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf and restarting the dovecot service:
hostname = mail.domain.test
doveconf shows that "hostname = mail.domain.test", and now the received
headers show:
Received: from mail.domain.test by mail.domain.test (Dovecot) with LMTP id
....
So it seems that "hostname" is a valid, respected Dovecot directive.
---
Scott
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 4:58 AM Sami Ketola <sami.ket...@dovecot.fi> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Looking at the source code it seems that the fqdn used in the lmtp
> received headers is
> fetched from environment variable DOVECOT_HOSTDOMAIN and if that is not
> defined
> gethostbyname() is used.
>
> You can try setting that prior launching dovecot.
>
> Sami
>
>
> > On 19 Aug 2016, at 21:43, Scott W. Sander <scottws...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have noticed that the name of my private server running dovecot appears
> > in email headers rather than the public-friendly name of my server.
> >
> > Is there a method to specify an alternate server name for the dovecot
> > server to use for itself in the dovecot configuration files? I
> performed a
> > few Google searches and was not able to find the answer to my question.
> >
> > -------
> >
> > user@server1:~$ dovecot --version
> > 2.2.9
> > user@server1:~$ dovecot -n
> > # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> > # OS: Linux 3.16.0-77-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS ext4
> > auth_mechanisms = plain login
> > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> > log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> > mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
> > namespace inbox {
> > inbox = yes
> > location =
> > mailbox Drafts {
> > special_use = \Drafts
> > }
> > mailbox Junk {
> > special_use = \Junk
> > }
> > mailbox Sent {
> > special_use = \Sent
> > }
> > mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> > special_use = \Sent
> > }
> > mailbox Trash {
> > special_use = \Trash
> > }
> > prefix =
> > }
> > passdb {
> > args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users
> > driver = passwd-file
> > }
> > protocols = " imap lmtp pop3"
> > service auth {
> > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> > group = postfix
> > mode = 0666
> > user = postfix
> > }
> > }
> > service imap-login {
> > inet_listener imaps {
> > port = 993
> > ssl = yes
> > }
> > }
> > service lmtp {
> > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
> > group = postfix
> > mode = 0600
> > user = postfix
> > }
> > }
> > service pop3-login {
> > inet_listener pop3s {
> > port = 995
> > ssl = yes
> > }
> > }
> > ssl = required
> > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/server1_combined.pem
> > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/server1_key.pem
> > userdb {
> > args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
> > driver = static
> > }
>
