Bug#259459: exim4-config: description and role of mailname incoherent, better wording suggested

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2004-11-27 Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com> wrote:
> Why confuse us with "mail name?"
[...]

Because the concept and description of "mailname" is agreed upon in
Debian. - It is defined in policy
<http://www.nl.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-customized-programs.html#s-mail-transport-agents>.

I agree that the way we use mailname currently for nullmailer setups
(as a *internal* name only) is broken. I intend to change /that/.

[...]
> What does it mean, "from which mail will appear to originate?"  Which 
> header are we talking about?
[...]

Every single one you can think of. Reply-To, From, Sender and of course
also MAIL FROM:
                   cu andreas

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