Re: sendmail FROM: in address is wrong!

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From: Tim Roberts
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 00:00

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"Michael Wilcox" <mwilcox@economatics.co.uk> wrote:

>Sendmail.cf problem?
>
>In the address header I have noticed that it puts:
>
>	From: root@ECONOMATICS (<michael@ECONOMATICS>)
>
>It should put:
>
>	From: michael@economatics.co.uk
>
>How can I change this?

Ordinarily, the "From:" header is supplied by your Mail User Agent (e.g.,
Outlook or Eudora), not by sendmail.  What are you using to compose the
mail?
--
- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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