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In article <4vv63u$o2k@metro.usyd.edu.au>, root wrote:
>Currently I'm using elm for emails. I use PPP to connect to my
>ISP. Somehow elm (or sendmail?) thinks the Return-Path of the
>emails sent by me should be root@localhost.wr.com.au while the
>correct one should be: freemant@wr.com.au. Is there any way to
>fix it? TIA!

For one, you should create a normal user account on your box to use.

Running as root is *not* a good idea, generally.

The account you create should (for convenience) have the same name as
your mailbox account at the ISP (ie, freemant, as per the email
address above).

Then, you should edit sendmail.cf, and find the 'DM' line, and change
it to:

DMwr.com.au

so that sendmail knows to masquerade as wr.com.au, so any mail you
send will appear as freemant@wr.com.au.

Later,

   Thorf

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