Exim4 return-path header

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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:19:56 +0200

Hi,

I use Exim4 with Sarge and have a little configuration problem regarding
mail headers.

What should I do in order to have "Return-path" and "Sender" headers added
by Exim to be exactly the same as the "From" header created by my mail
client ?

If my question isn't clear enough, please read on for more explanations.

I have several email addresses and I can choose the one to use from my
mail client (usually kmail) ; that address is written in the "From"
header. But then Exim add "Return-path" and "Sender" headers containing
eddy@debian. Thus my mail headers are like these :
        From : real.address1@real.provider
        Return-path : eddy@debian
        Sender : eddy@debian

but what I want is
        From : real.address1@real.provider
        Return-path : real.address1@real.provider
        Sender : real.address1@real.provider

I know I can add
        eddy : real.address1@real.provider
in the /etc/email-addresses
but then when I'll chose (from within my mail client) to use
real.address2@other.provider the headers will be
        From : real.address*2*@other.provider
        Return-path : real.address1@real.provider
        Sender : real.address1@real.provider
while in that case I'd rather have
        From : real.address*2*@other.provider
        Return-path : real.address*2*@other.provider
        Sender : real.address*2*@other.provider

Writing
        eddy: use_whatever_is_in_the_from_path
in /etc/email-addresses won't work (would it?) but that's basicly what I'd
like to achieve.

Please don't tell me to RTFM, I've done that and am lost.
I found out that adding myself to the trusted users suppress the "Sender"
header entirely but the 'bad' "Return-path" persists.

I've tried to use "return_path_add = false" or "return_path_remove =
true" in the exim config files but it didn't work. (Anyway, I suppose I
do need a return-path, don't I ? )

Thanks for any help.

-- 
Eddy (remove shadoko from the address)
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                 Donc : plus ça rate, plus on a de chance que ça marche"
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