Postfix and Changing From Address

[vanderkerkoff]

Hello everyone

Brand new postfix, ubuntu 7.10

I've installed postfix, got it to send to my relay then off to the world, fantastic.

One problem though, I cannot for the life of me work out how to change the from address properly.

I can mask it using generic like so

http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONF...E.html#fantasy

The problem with this method is that the email shows up in my Apple Mail inbox, and my Gmail inbox as coming from

username <new email address signified in generic file>

I don't want to show the username of the user that is sending the messages from the web server, it's a security risk.

Anyone know how to achieve my goal? To chane the From Address and the reply to address so it doens't have the users name showing in the email.

if you look at the raw message format you see this

From: goodemailaddress (username of user on linux box)
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Return-Path: goodemailaddress

any help greatly appreciated

[vanderkerkoff]

I just realised something, this webserver will be sending emails using forms on the webi sites is holds

can I just specify the senders address in the forms?

i suppose I can

[falko]

Originally Posted by vanderkerkoff

can I just specify the senders address in the forms?

i suppose I can

Yes. If you're using PHP, you might want to take a look at the additional headers here: http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

[vanderkerkoff]

Hi Falko

We're using Rails, but it's okay, I've gone back to sendmail now and I know how to work with that MTA

Thanks for your reply anyway.