Hi Lena, On 4/13/25 14:08, Lena--- via Exim-users wrote: >> when I try to send an email from u...@example.com it works >> without a problem, but as soon as I try the same using Thunderbird as an MTA >> it changes the from to "u...@examle.com"@primary_hostname.com > There are at least two solutions, the one I use: > control = submission/domain= > (with nothing after "domain="). > Search your confing for the word "submission".
Sorry for the delay, I was a bit too busy to test this properly, but it works like a charm! Thanks a lot! I do like to know the other option to solve this problem and also to know why this works, as the documentation on the options for submission mode are rather sparse and I could not find what this actually does except forcing exim to accept $authenticated_id to be the complete address. Is this because most MUA's do not set the From: header properly? From debugging the conversation between Thunderbird and exim it does look like Thunderbird uses the proper From: -- Regards, Sander -- ## subscription configuration (requires account): ## https://lists.exim.org/mailman3/postorius/lists/exim-users.lists.exim.org/ ## unsubscribe (doesn't require an account): ## exim-users-unsubscr...@lists.exim.org ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
