Tags for root mail multiple bozes --was-- Re: RPM database

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 06.03.2004 schrieb Tom Needs a Hat Mitchell um 00:54:
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 03:25:27PM -0800, Bevan C. Bennett wrote:
> > >
> > >What are the tricks to set NAME so that cron, Anacron, LogWatch,
> > >etc. mail messages have different sortable From and Subject lines that
> > >make it easy to see what machine is what (tools like 'frm').
> ...
> > 
> > Unless you masquerade the sender address, they'll also all be from 
> > "root at system.domain.tld".
> 
> Hmmm..., I am doing a bit of masquerade stuff in semdmail.
> I will look into masquerading and mail delivery as part of 
> why some seem to work and some do not.
> 
> Thanks!
> Tom

Be aware that root is an "exposed user" and thus masquerading will not
work for root by default.

Alexander


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