>> "GC" == G Crimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: GC> No I don't have a registered name for my box, but my box's name GC> doesn't appear anywhere, I have visible_name set to the name of my GC> ISP. It is just the local user name that gets sent out (ie, my GC> user name on my local box) and appended to my ISP domain. My GC> local user name is not the same as my user name on any of my GC> exteranl acounts, so the resulting combination is illegal.
Then use the use the way described in the faq-o-matic (I posted the link before). BTW: A check depending on the local part of a email address is quite dump. Many admins have disabled this feature. GC> BTW, you have spoken a couple of times of the acceptable GC> behaviour GC> of mail agents in handling of From: and Sender: GC> header etc. Where are you GC> getting this information ? The docs for exim have some stuff about this, when they describe the different options and behaviour (www.exim.org and exim-doc package). Ther may be better documentation. Ciao, Martin