[BUGS] Much ado about Sendmail

[Bart Lindsey]

Hi Jerahmy,

  This is an old thread but I see no indication that you've resolved
the issue.

By default, root is listed in class E users (users that should be
exposed as from this host even if we masquerade). Just remove root
from class E users and mail from root will get masqueraded.

As Trevor pointed out, you'll have to look deeper to find out which
machine the email came from.

Cheers,

  Bart.

Jerahmy Pocott <quakenet1 at optusnet.com.au> writes:
> Hello again everyone,
>
> Since we are still talking sendmail..
>
>  From the sendmail documentation:
>
> "There are always users that need to be "exposed" -- that is, their  
> internal site name should be displayed instead of the masquerade name.  
> Root is an example (which has been "exposed" by default prior to 8.10)."
>
> Firstly WHY is root an example of a user that needs to be exposed?
>
> This behavior breaks cron and system logs getting mailed to me, as  
> exposing root makes the mail server reject the message.. So is there  
> anything bad about having root get masqueraded? Is there a better  
> alternative? And how can I force it to masquerade root, I don't see it  
> any where in the config files..
>
> Thanks! =)
> J.
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