[Gllug] Exim4 with Debian Sarge

[Russell Howe]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 02:23:16PM +0100, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    Incoming emails to my system are correctly addressed to
> username at account_name.demon.co.uk
> 
>    Outgoing emails are routed via a smarthost at demon.co.uk and should have
> header details with From: and Helo=  account_name.demon.co.uk.
> 
>    I am trying to correct a problem in which outgoing mail from my private
> network has had a Helo=box_name.localdomain. 
> 
>    Am I trying to do the impossible, or is it a problem associated with
> over-simplified configuration tools?

Does adding a line such as the following to /etc/email-addresses solve
your problems?

username: username at acountname.demon.co.uk

(AFAIK, this is a Debian-specific file)

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