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I am using debian squeeze (i believe, the box doesnt really say) i config exim4 to use gmail and put root: someuser in /etc/aliases then put my email address (name+box@gmail.com) in .forward

I receive the email however the from is user@mysite.com which is correct and the to is root@localhost or anotherUser@localhost with name+box mentioned nowhere. I wanted to write a filter so all emails to name+box@gmail.com will be tagged as something but my name is not mentioned and it goes directly to spam

How do i modify this so my name shows up in the email address?

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There is a whole chapter in exim docs dedicated to address rewriting. Probably, you should add something like:

headers_rewrite = *@localhost $1@mysite.com t

to one of your transports in exim config, but I may be wrong.

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I like this answer except i am not exactly trying to rewrite the to sender. I would like some way for my .forward email address to be shown in the email so i can write a filter. I guess i could just write one for anything coming from localhost – acidzombie24 Sep 28 '11 at 11:06
you can use procmail to achieve this, or add headers_rewrite to userforward router in exim config – gelraen Sep 28 '11 at 14:59

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