Incorrect Hostname Appearing in mailto address
This may be an issue I need to post to a sendmail list... but I'll start here.
I have configured mailman and everything is up and working fantastically... with one issue:
Mails sent to the list appear with the wrong hostname in the TO: field of the email.
Let's call the host's primary DNS entry "uglyhostname" and we'll call the desired hostname alias for mailman "lists".
A user can send mail to "lists.internal.domain.com" and it gets to the host and is processed properly by the aliases and mailman and delivered to the list. However, users viewing the message see:
To: listname@uglyhostname.location.domain.com
I have sendmail configured to masquerade as follows: DMlists.internal.domain.com
And I've even changed the hostname on the server using /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=lists.internal.domain.com
Here's a snip from my mm_cfg: --8<-- DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'lists.internal.domain.com' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'lists.internal.domain.com'
# Because we've overriden the virtual hosts above add_virtualhost # MUST be called after they have been defined. VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() -->8--
Any ideas on how I can ensure that uglyhostname is not included in my lists mails?
Thank you in advance.
Regards, Mike
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Lynn, Michael \(A&E\) wrote:
Mails sent to the list appear with the wrong hostname in the TO: field of the email.
See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.022.htp>.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Lynn, Michael (A&E) wrote:
Let's call the host's primary DNS entry "uglyhostname" and we'll call the desired hostname alias for mailman "lists".
And you set up "lists" to be a CNAME alias record pointing to "uglyhostname", right? Well, don't do that.
Make sure that "lists" resolves directly to the correct IP address, and that the reverse DNS for that IP address also points back to "lists" as well as "uglyhostname".
Search the archives for "CNAME" if you need more details as to why this is the case. There might also be a FAQ Wizard entry on this subject.
-- Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu>
Correct - thanks for the info.
The issue is that my corporate host naming standards dictate that hostnames must never, ever make any sense when you first read them. Logical names for hosts are relegated to CNAME status.
Thanks again.
Regards, Mike
-----Original Message----- From: Brad Knowles [mailto:brad@shub-internet.org] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:52 PM To: Lynn, Michael (A&E) Cc: Mailman-Users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Incorrect Hostname Appearing in mailto address
Lynn, Michael (A&E) wrote:
Let's call the host's primary DNS entry "uglyhostname" and we'll call the desired hostname alias for mailman "lists".
And you set up "lists" to be a CNAME alias record pointing to "uglyhostname", right? Well, don't do that.
Make sure that "lists" resolves directly to the correct IP address, and that the reverse DNS for that IP address also points back to "lists" as well as "uglyhostname".
Search the archives for "CNAME" if you need more details as to why this is the case. There might also be a FAQ Wizard entry on this subject.
-- Brad Knowles <brad@shub-internet.org> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu>
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