Default exim not using the from address being passed to it

Question

After replacing postfix with exim (defaults) now the from address on mail sent by an application (sympa) is being changed xyz@goodstuff.whatever to xyz@hostname

Why? no rewrite rules seem to be declared

Please help

Regards

Answer 1

If your system is using a simple /etc/exim/exim.conf, add this simple line:

primary_hostname = goodstuff.whatever

Restart exim after you change the config file.

I don't know if CentOS EPEL rpms (assuming that's what you used) look inside any file to set that variable or if woudl have to be manually added by you.