#1062366 nullmailer: adminaddr should also set From on mails from root@localhost

Package:
nullmailer
Source:
nullmailer
Description:
simple relay-only mail transport agent
Submitter:
Martin-Éric Racine
Date:
2026-01-10 10:59:41 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1062366#5
Date:
2024-02-01 07:24:41 UTC
From:
To:
The /etc/nullmailer/adminaddr address should also define the From for messages sent BY root, not just TO root, and use it to make nullmailer overwrite any outgoing root@defaultdomain message.

Martin-Éric


- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable-debug'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-17-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nullmailer depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.82
ii  libc6                  2.36-9+deb12u4
ii  libgnutls30            3.7.9-2+deb12u1
ii  libstdc++6             12.2.0-14

nullmailer recommends no packages.

nullmailer suggests no packages.

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#1062366#10
Date:
2024-02-01 12:02:49 UTC
From:
To:
To 1. helmik. 2024 klo 14.00 David Bremner (david@tethera.net) kirjoitti:

Yes, indeed. I'm simply not aware of any upstream tracker.

Martin-Éric

#1062366#15
Date:
2024-02-01 12:00:26 UTC
From:
To:
Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> writes:

Hi Martin-Éric;

Just to confirm, this seems like an upstream issue that I should
forward?

d

#1062366#22
Date:
2026-01-10 10:10:41 UTC
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