[Mailman-Users] unsubscribe jmedina at medialab.com.mx

Juan Hector Medina jmedina at medialab.com.mx
Thu Jul 8 22:57:24 CEST 1999


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Soren Dayton wrote:

> Andy McClements <a.mcclements at linst.ac.uk> writes:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > There's something not right here..
> >
> > I want my listserver to appear to be running on a system with the name
> > "lists.domain.org" instead of its full-qualified domain name "box.domain.org".
> >
> > Accordingly, I've created a CNAME DNS record for "lists" that points to the
> > FQDN, and added "lists.domain.org" to the /etc/sendmail.cw file. The system
> > is now happy to accept mail to addresses at "lists.domain.org".
> >
> > I've set (1). DEFAULT_HOST_NAME in mm_cfg.py and (2). "Host name this list
> > prefers" in the list configuration web interface, to "lists.domain.org".
> >
> > However, I find that in messages coming from the list I see the following
> > headers:
> >
> > To: test-list at box.domain.org
> > Sender: test-list-admin at box.domain.org
> > X-BeenThere: test-list at lists.domain.org
> >
> > eg. the To: and Sender: seem to be wrong. I *sent* the message to
> > "test-list at lists.domain.org", so in fact the To: header has been changed to
> > the wrong address by Mailman.
> >
> > Where is Mailman picking up the FQDN ? How do I fix this ?
>
> It isn't.  Any transport agent will canonicalize the name to the
> non-CNAME.  if this is the behavior that you want, use MX records.  Or a
> separate A record.
>
> Soren
>
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