[ale] Mail forwarding problem

[Andrew Newton]

aesop wrote:
> 
> Not really problem with forwarding, just the side effect...
> 
> At work, I am running Linux and forwarding my mail from the mail server
> to my machine.  Mail arrives fine.  The problem is the return mail header
> is expanded to my full name instead of just the domain name.  So, when I
> reply to a mail message, I must edit the replay header and remove my
> local machine name from it.  (Otherwise, the To: becomes
> person at machine.domain and bounces on my machine).
> 
> I am using a Smart Relay entry in my sendmail.cf.  I've also tried site
> hiding, but realize this may be going about the problem the wrong way.
> 
> I suppose I could just start using popclient, but I figure someone may
> have run into this before.

I suppose the problem could be fixed by some magical means using the sendmail.cf
file, but I don't know how to do it.

I've fixed this problem using the Mail User Agent, specifically Netscape and Elm.
In Netscape its easy.  In Elm, you must put the line "Reply-To: bob at bob.com" in
the elmheaders file in the .elm directory.  If the file doesn't exist, create it.
Don't have any blank lines in it either.

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