On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 10:43:12PM -0500, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> I'm using Debian. When I mail something like this: mail john.doe@yahoo.com
>
> as root. It looks like this in receiver's box: FROM: root
> <mario@alienscience.com>
>
> How do I make it say my name instead of root?.
> Like this: Mario Lombardo <mario@alienscience.com>
>
> I know it's my mail setup because it happens with receiving accounts
> that aren't customized. My mail gets sent through exim, and that's
> all I know about mail stuff.
>
I could be wrong, but I believe you need to change this in your
/etc/passwd file. As far as I know, MUA's suck up the name of the sender
from their user record, which is in the /etc/passwd file, fifth field,
if I'm not mistaken.
Paul
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