Re: send email from an IP that is aliased

From: Jim Ficarra (jimficarra_at_verizon.net)
Date: 02/17/05

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    Unfortunately I don't know what else could be wrong. My sendmail experience
    is minimal.

    Sorry. :(

    -Jim

    <semovrs@concord.edu> wrote in message
    news:1108597636.921218.214570@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
    > Jim,
    > thanks a lot for the answer!
    > Also, I found a good article at
    > http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~mortimer/sysadmin/sendmail.html for those
    > who are having similar problem.
    > I also used CLIENT_OPTIONS() in sendmail too but still could not get
    > the receiving mail server to recognize that the mail was coming from
    > the secondary aliased IP.
    > Do you have any idea what else I could be missing?
    > Thanks a lot again for your help!
    > Roumen.
    >
    > Jim Ficarra wrote:
    >> Roumen,
    >>
    >> I think you need to bind sendmail to the specific address you wish.
    > I
    >> haven't tried this personally, but I think it will work:
    >>
    >> Try the following option in your sendmail.mc file.
    >>
    >> DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Name=MTA, Addr=x.x.x.x, Port=smtp)
    >> (specify the appropriate name and address)
    >>
    >> Rebuild your sendmail.cf and stop and restart the daemon
    >>
    >> Hope this helps.
    >>
    >> -Jim
    >>
    >>
    >> <semovrs@concord.edu> wrote in message
    >> news:1108410248.653552.189770@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
    >> > Hello, everyone!
    >> > I have quite a straightforward issue here that I would appreciate
    > any
    >> > input on.
    >> > I used IP aliasing to set up two IP addresses on my server.. The
    >> > primary IP address is used for the MX record for one domain
    > (domain1)
    >> > and the secondary one is used for the MX record of another domain
    >> > (domain2).
    >> > When I use sendmail to send email out the destination servers
    > always
    >> > mark the primary IP address of the server as the sender of the
    > email
    >> > message. For example,
    >> > if I set up sendmail to send emails for domain2 the email headers
    > of
    >> > any received mail from domain2 shows the primary IP address of my
    > SMTP
    >> > server and not the secondary IP address (the aliased one).
    >> > Is this an issue with my IP aliasing (networking issue) or issue
    > with
    >> > sendmail - what is it that I have to do to resolve the above
    > situation.
    >> > My major goal here is to get receiving servers to understand the
    > email
    >> > has come from the secondary IP address and not the primary one.
    >> > Thanks for any help in advance!
    >> > Roumen.
    >> >
    >

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