Hi,
Looking at the source code it seems that the fqdn used in the lmtp received headers is fetched from environment variable DOVECOT_HOSTDOMAIN and if that is not defined gethostbyname() is used.
You can try setting that prior launching dovecot.
Sami
On 19 Aug 2016, at 21:43, Scott W. Sander scottwsx96@gmail.com wrote:
I have noticed that the name of my private server running dovecot appears in email headers rather than the public-friendly name of my server.
Is there a method to specify an alternate server name for the dovecot server to use for itself in the dovecot configuration files? I performed a few Google searches and was not able to find the answer to my question.
user@server1:~$ dovecot --version 2.2.9 user@server1:~$ dovecot -n # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.0-77-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users driver = passwd-file } protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl = required ssl_cert =