Bug#376460: exim4-config: response of yes to Hide local mail name in outgoing mail? seems to produce dc_hide_mailname='false'

[Marc Haber]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 06:52:30AM -0400, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> Marc> Which rewriting clauses are you talking about? 
> 
> The ones in the final configuration file /var/lib/exim4/config.autogenerated
> (after I run update-exim4.config), in the rewriting section.  There are 2
> similar lines.  One for senders with a domain listed in local_domains,
> and this one doesn't depend on the debconf setting at all, which is also
> a bug in its own right IMO.
>   And a second line whose template looks like this:
> 
> # identical rewriting rule for /etc/mailname
> DEBCONFrewriteemailaddresses_mailnameDEBCONF
> 
> but no matter what the debconf setting, the output from the template is
> always the same, i.e. a rewrite setting just like the local_domains line
> just with the mailname substituted.

Yes, these two are generated unconditionally, are only used to handle
/etc/email-addresses and are no-ops for addresses that are not listed
in /etc/email-addresses.

The hide_mailname option only controls the rewriting happening via the
DEBCONFreturn_pathDEBCONF and DEBCONFheaders_rewriteDEBCONF
substitution strings mentioned in the remote_smtp_smarthost transport.


Greetings
Marc

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