Package: sendmail
Version: 8.14.3-4

I entered 'deodand.anjou.terraraq.org.uk' (the system's FQDN) as the mail name and 'smtp' (unqualified name of my smarthost) as the forward host. However the mail comes out like this:

  Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Delivery-date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:04:57 +0100
  Received: from deodand.anjou.terraraq.org.uk [172.17.207.12]
          by sfere.anjou.terraraq.org.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63 #1 (Debian))
          id 1K2kQr-0004uV-P8; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:04:57 +0100
  Received: from deodand.anjou.terraraq.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1])
by deodand.anjou.terraraq.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-4) with ESMTP id m51A4qO7009718
          for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:04:52 +0100
  Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])
          by deodand.anjou.terraraq.org.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id 
m51A4qG2009717
          for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:04:52 +0100
  Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 11:04:52 +0100
  From: Richard Kettlewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: test from deodand to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

As you can see it has used the name of the forwarding host as its mail domain, which is not correct.

Here's a full transcript of what I did. As well as not producing a correct configuration, a number of errors are reported below "Creating /etc/mail/sendmail.cf...".

  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/doc/sendmail$ sudo sendmailconfig
  Configure sendmail with the existing /etc/mail/sendmail.conf? [Y] y
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Writing configuration to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Writing /etc/cron.d/sendmail.
  Configure sendmail with the existing /etc/mail/sendmail.mc? [Y] n

  Sendmail Configuration
  ----------------------
  By answering the following questions, you can configure sendmail for your
system. Default values are determined either by your existing configuration
  or from common usage.

  Press [ENTER]

  Mail Name
  ---------
  Your `mail name' is the hostname portion of the address to be shown on
  outgoing news and mail messages (following the username and @ sign). This
name will be used by other programs besides sendmail; it should be the single,
  full domain name (FQDN) from which mail will appear to originate.

  Mail name? [deodand.anjou.terraraq.org.uk] deodand.anjou.terraraq.org.uk

  Null Client
  -----------
A special configuration known as the "null client" can be created for this host if all mail should be forwarded to a central hub via a local SMTP-based network. This may be a suitable configuration if you want to forward all of
  your mail to your local Internet service provider (ISP) for delivery.

To enable this option, give the name of the host to which all mail should be
  forwarded. Otherwise leave the option empty to disable it.
  To remove a prior name, use `NONE'.

  Null client forward host? [smtp] smtp

  Configuration Complete
  ----------------------
Advanced configuration, such as alternate mailers, the use of mailertables, Bitnet domains, and UUCP domains can be accomplished by manually editing the
  /etc/mail/sendmail.mc configuration file and rerunning
`/usr/sbin/sendmailconfig' to generate the appropriate /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
  file. (Local changes made at the end of /etc/mail/sendmail.mc
  will be preserved by `/usr/sbin/sendmailconfig'.)

  The m4 library files for sendmail configuration are kept in the
  /usr/share/sendmail/cf directory. You may wish to review the
documentation in /usr/share/doc/sendmail to assist in further customization.

You may wish to customize your alias database; see the aliases(5) man page
  for information on the format and use of the /etc/aliases file.

  Saving old /etc/mail/sendmail.mc as /etc/mail/sendmail.mc.old ...
  Updating sendmail environment ...
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Writing configuration to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Writing /etc/cron.d/sendmail.
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Writing configuration to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Writing /etc/cron.d/sendmail.
  Turning off Host Status collection
Could not open /etc/mail/databases(No such file or directory), creating it.
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Creating /etc/mail/databases...

  Checking filesystem, this may take some time - it will not hang!
    ...   Done.

  Checking for installed MDAs...
  sasl2-bin not installed, not configuring sendmail support.

To enable sendmail SASL2 support at a later date, invoke "/usr/share/sendmail/update_auth"


  Creating/Updating SSL(for TLS) information
  Creating /etc/mail/tls/starttls.m4...
  You already have sendmail certificates


  *** *** *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** *** ***

  Everything you need to support STARTTLS (encrypted mail transmission
  and user authentication via certificates) is installed and configured
  but is *NOT* being used.

  To enable sendmail to use STARTTLS, you need to:
  1) Add this line to /etc/mail/sendmail.mc and optionally
     to /etc/mail/submit.mc:
    include(`/etc/mail/tls/starttls.m4')dnl
  2) Run sendmailconfig
  3) Restart sendmail

  Checking {sendmail,submit}.mc and related databases...
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Creating /etc/mail/databases...
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Creating /etc/mail/databases...
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Creating /etc/mail/Makefile...
  Reading configuration from /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Validating configuration.
  Writing configuration to /etc/mail/sendmail.conf.
  Writing /etc/cron.d/sendmail.
  Disabling HOST statistics file(/var/lib/sendmail/host_status).
  Creating /etc/mail/sendmail.cf...
  *** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
*** MAILER(`local') must appear after FEATURE(`allmasquerade')*** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
  *** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
  *** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
*** MAILER(`local') must appear after FEATURE(`allmasquerade')*** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
  *** ERROR: MAILER(local) already included
  *** ERROR: MAILER(smtp) already included

  Creating /etc/mail/submit.cf...
  Informational: confCR_FILE file empty: /etc/mail/relay-domains
  Informational: confCT_FILE file empty: /etc/mail/trusted-users
  Updating /etc/mail/access...
  Updating /etc/mail/aliases...

  Warning: These messages were issued while creating sendmail.cf
          make sure they are benign before starting sendmail!

  Errors in generating sendmail.cf
  *** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
*** MAILER(`local') must appear after FEATURE(`allmasquerade')*** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
  *** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
  *** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
*** MAILER(`local') must appear after FEATURE(`allmasquerade')*** ERROR: FEATURE() should be before MAILER()
  *** ERROR: MAILER(local) already included
  *** ERROR: MAILER(smtp) already included

  Reload the running sendmail now with the new configuration? [Y] y
  Reloading sendmail ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/doc/sendmail$ mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Subject: test from deodand to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  .
  Cc:
  Null message body; hope that's ok
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/share/doc/sendmail$

ttfn/rjk



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