Ausmus, Matt:
> Hello all,
>
> This is my first post.
>
> I'm using postfix 2.3.3 on some Centos 5.x boxes strictly to send mail
> for alerting purposes. I've got relaying setup to go to our main smtp
> server which is running FreeBSD 6.x and postfix. What I'm trying to do
> is for the outgoing messages to show the hostn...@chapman.edu so I can
> look at the incoming message and know what box the alert is coming from.
> The scripts I'm using are utilizing mailx to send the messages.
>
> I setup sender_canonical and the address rewriting is working properly.
> The problem that I'm having is that the mail is displayed in my mail
> client as just root. When I open the message it shows:
>
> Root [hostn...@chapman.edu] or "root" <hostn...@chapman.edu>
>
> Depending on the client. I checked the header of the message and it
> shows (this is an excerpt: From: kennedydhcp...@chapman.edu (root)).
> What I want to do is get rid of "Root[...]" and just have the rewritten
> email address displayed in the mailbox list.
>
> How can I accomplish this?
You need to show what is in the email file itself, not what
the mail client is showing you.
Wietse
