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Adam Bailey
Jul 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/9/99
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rogg...@iname.com <rogg...@iname.com> wrote:
>I would like to to intercept and forward mail addressed to certain
>persons who are normally off-site but need an e-mail address at the
>office. I tried to use procmail thusly:
>
> :0
> * ^TOso...@someplace.com
> ! som...@someplace-else.com
>
>This works as far as forwarding the message is concerned -- BUT, when
>the message arrives at its ultimate destination, the notion of who it
>is from has been munged to "som...@someplace.com."
>I would like to to intercept and forward mail addressed to certain
>persons who are normally off-site but need an e-mail address at the
>office. I tried to use procmail thusly:
>
> :0
> * ^TOso...@someplace.com
> ! som...@someplace-else.com
>
>This works as far as forwarding the message is concerned -- BUT, when
>the message arrives at its ultimate destination, the notion of who it
>is from has been munged to "som...@someplace.com."
Are you sure this isn't a problem with how the recipient site/mailer
displays the message? The recipe you have should work fine.
The Return-Path (envelope sender) will change to som...@someplace.com (as
it should), but the RFC822 From: header will remain the same.
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