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

user-fc4f93976dc8@xymon.invalid> wrote:

 My /var/spool/exim4/msglog is filling up with messages similar to the
following:


2009-06-04 12:26:17 Received from hobbit@ U=hobbit P=local S=929

2009-06-04 12:26:33 user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid <user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid> R=dnslookup
T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<hobbit@>
SIZE=1973: host exchange.mydomain [10.10.10.21]: 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address

Process failed (1) when writing error message to hobbit@ (frozen)


I have reconfigured Exim4 to allow remote mail, but I can’t find a way to
make the email alerts from hobbit/xymon use a different “MAIL FROM” than
“hobbit@”, which our Exchange server knows is not a valid address.


I have tried making sure that the hostname is defined in the bbserver
config and that the domain is configured in resolv.conf. I also tried

/etc/email-addresses


I’m not a *nix guru by any means, and I’m sure this is something simple
that I’m missing?

From: Larry Barber [mailto:user-6ef9c2864140@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:21 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

You need to configure sendmail so that it will use an account that Exchange recognizes. See the sendmail man pages.

Thanks,
Larry Barber
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Harold J. Ballinger <user-fc4f93976dc8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-fc4f93976dc8@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

My /var/spool/exim4/msglog is filling up with messages similar to the following:


2009-06-04 12:26:17 Received from hobbit@ U=hobbit P=local S=929

Process failed (1) when writing error message to hobbit@ (frozen)


I have reconfigured Exim4 to allow remote mail, but I can't find a way to make the email alerts from hobbit/xymon use a different "MAIL FROM" than "hobbit@", which our Exchange server knows is not a valid address.


I have tried making sure that the hostname is defined in the bbserver config and that the domain is configured in resolv.conf. I also tried creating an entry for "hobbit: user-5c8ec6c92842@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-5c8ec6c92842@xymon.invalid>" in /etc/email-addresses


I'm not a *nix guru by any means, and I'm sure this is something simple that I'm missing?

Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

My /var/spool/exim4/msglog is filling up with messages similar to the
following:

 
2009-06-04 12:26:17 Received from hobbit@ U=hobbit P=local S=929

2009-06-04 12:26:33 user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid <user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid> R=dnslookup
T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<hobbit@>
SIZE=1973: host exchange.mydomain [10.10.10.21]: 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address

Process failed (1) when writing error message to hobbit@ (frozen)

 
I have reconfigured Exim4 to allow remote mail, but I can’t find a way
to make the email alerts from hobbit/xymon use a different “MAIL FROM”
than “hobbit@”, which our Exchange server knows is not a valid address.

 
I have tried making sure that the hostname is defined in the bbserver
config and that the domain is configured in resolv.conf. I also tried
creating an entry for “hobbit: user-5c8ec6c92842@xymon.invalid

 
I’m not a *nix guru by any means, and I’m sure this is something
simple that I’m missing?

From: J Sloan [mailto:user-b1d2c84d244b@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 3:16 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

Harold J. Ballinger wrote:
My /var/spool/exim4/msglog is filling up with messages similar to the following:

2009-06-04 12:26:17 Received from hobbit@ U=hobbit P=local S=929
2009-06-04 12:26:33 user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid> <user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid><mailto:user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid> R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<hobbit@> SIZE=1973: host exchange.mydomain [10.10.10.21]: 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address
Process failed (1) when writing error message to hobbit@ (frozen)

I have reconfigured Exim4 to allow remote mail, but I can’t find a way to make the email alerts from hobbit/xymon use a different “MAIL FROM” than “hobbit@”, which our Exchange server knows is not a valid address.

I have tried making sure that the hostname is defined in the bbserver config and that the domain is configured in resolv.conf. I also tried creating an entry for “hobbit: user-5c8ec6c92842@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-5c8ec6c92842@xymon.invalid>” in /etc/email-addresses

I’m not a *nix guru by any means, and I’m sure this is something simple that I’m missing?


Did you adjust the relevant section of ~/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg to suit your needs?

# For the hobbitd_alert module

Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

My mail command does not support the –r option. I cannot see a way to
force the from address, so I guess it is running it as the hobbit
user. I have configured the hobbit user in /etc/email-addresses as

doesn’t seem to be using this. It definitely looks like it is
something I will have to take up with the Exim4 group since now I can
see the command that hobbit is using and that it isn’t the one forcing
“hobbit@” as the wrong address.

On 2009-Jun-4, at 3:07 PM, Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

I just wanted to be sure that this was an Exim4 issue and not a  hobbit configuration issue before I pushed it over completely into  that arena.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob McBroom [mailto:user-371ba9bb5b75@xymon.invalid] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 3:27 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

On 2009-Jun-4, at 3:07 PM, Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

I just wanted to be sure that this was an Exim4 issue and not a  hobbit configuration issue before I pushed it over completely into  that arena.

I can't tell you how to fix it, but it is definitely up to exim4 and  not Hobbit/Xymon to control this. I'm using Postfix, which is  configured to pull addresses from a user's entry in LDAP and if that  address changes, the from address on our alerts changes.

-- 
Rob McBroom
<http://www.skurfer.com/>;

Because it screws up the order in which people normally read text.

Original message:

Why is it bad to top-post your reply?

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

My /var/spool/exim4/msglog is filling up with messages similar to the
following:

2009-06-04 12:26:17 Received from hobbit@ U=hobbit P=local S=929
2009-06-04 12:26:33 user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid <user-d5cf6b2f7d35@xymon.invalid> R=dnslookup
T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<hobbit@>
SIZE=1973: host exchange.mydomain [10.10.10.21]: 501 5.5.4 Invalid
Address Process failed (1) when writing error message to hobbit@ (frozen)


I have reconfigured Exim4 to allow remote mail, but I can't find a way to
 make the email alerts from hobbit/xymon use a different "MAIL FROM" than
 "hobbit@", which our Exchange server knows is not a valid address.

I have tried making sure that the hostname is defined in the bbserver
config and that the domain is configured in resolv.conf. I also tried
creating an entry for "hobbit:
user-5c8ec6c92842@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-5c8ec6c92842@xymon.invalid>" in /etc/email-addresses

I'm not a *nix guru by any means, and I'm sure this is something simple
that I'm missing?

-----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.

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.

-----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.

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. 
  

-----Original Message-----
From: Xymon User in Richmond [mailto:user-24d6f8323faa@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:07 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

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.

Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

The exim list introduced me to a "qualify_domain" setting and I was able to force it that way. Thanks so much for your help.
  

 
Harold J. Ballinger, MCSE, MCNE
IT Coordinator
Heritage Healthcare, Inc.
XXX Old Howell Rd, Greenville SC XXXXX
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-----Original Message-----
From: J Sloan [mailto:user-b1d2c84d244b@xymon.invalid] 
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 1:45 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] How do I change the "mail from" for email alerts?

Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

The exim list introduced me to a "qualify_domain" setting and I was able to force it that way. Thanks so much for your help.
  

It's great that you finally got it working - but in retrospect, setting
the from address is really the job of the mail application (MUA) which
the MTA should simply pass along if it's sane.

For future reference, mailx and postfix work "out of the box" for this
sort of thing - no special hacks, MTA tweaks or secret settings required.

Joe

On 2009-Jun-8, at 2:15 PM, Harold J. Ballinger wrote:

I'm used to using postfix, but the appliance came pre-configured  with exim4, so it seemed easier to just find the config setting than  to rebuild and install postfix instead