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David_G__33241
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Nov 06, 2015

How to modify SMTP from-address?

I have the following SMTP Configuration: Regardless of what I have above, when I use the Email Agent in the VPE I can type anything I want in the From field and that is what will show wh...
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Brad_Parker's avatar
Brad_Parker
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Nov 06, 2015

These are two different functionalities. In order to have you sendmail command use a different from address you will have to edit the FromLineOverride=YES field in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf. This is SOL isn't exactly what you are doing, but it is leveraging the same functionality and explains how to edit the conf file.

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/100/sol13180.html

 

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David_Gill
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Nov 08, 2015
The FromLineOverride=YES entry does work however it does not survive a reboot. Another user posted a very similar question and reference was made to https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/11000/900/sol11948.html which talks about modifying /config/startup. Would this be the way to go and if so would I call a script just to replace /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf with an updated version? It seems odd that if we are supposed to use tmsh modify /sys outbound-smtp to set the mailhub that it would not work for other parameters in the file.