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How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

list Xymon User in Richmond
Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:07:00 -0400
Message-Id: <user-41b6b208338b@xymon.invalid>

On Fri, June 5, 2009 08:58, Harold J. Ballinger wrote:
Hostname command returns "hhcgvl-moni03" as I would expect.

I am running Debian 2.4.27 - this is a machine that started out from the
hobbit virtual appliance that was widely available for download.
Ah.  Then there's no telling what may be pre-customized from defaults.  A
default Exim install should be returning hobbit at hhcgvl-moni03, which might
not be accepted by your Exchange server, either, but wouldn't be as
mysterious.  I'd guess that either primary_hostname is set to a null
string ("") or there's a rewrite rule that doesn't know its domain. 
You're probably getting better help than that over on the Exim lists.
-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon User in Richmond [mailto:user-24d6f8323faa@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 8:31 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

On Thu, June 4, 2009 12:33, Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

By default, user at hostname will be used by Exim.  Is hostname set on the
system?  IE, does the hostname command return anything?  Alternatively, I
think you can set primary_hostname in /etc/mail/exim.conf.  As another
pointed out, if you tell us what OS we'll be better able to help.