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Asked: 2026-06-15T11:30:15+00:00

My problem is that whenever my server sends emails, the sender field gets overwritten.

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My problem is that whenever my server sends emails, the sender field gets overwritten.

From: should be: Web Site Name <admin@mywebsite.com>

But email is delivered to the address from:

World Wide Web Owner <www@mywebsite.com>

Or while sending the emails from the root in the SSH:

Charlie & <root@mywebsite.com>

My /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf configuration file content:

root=postmaster@mywebsite.com
mailhub=ssl0.ovh.net:465

rewriteDomain=mywebsite.com
hostname=mywebsite.com
realname = "Web Site Name"

AuthUser=postmaster%mywebsite.com
AuthPass=removed
UseTLS=YES

How can I instruct ssmtp not to change From: fields in emails? Or just define the From: anywhere?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try adding FromLineOverride=YES in your ssmtp.conf, if you don’t set this the from address will be overwritten since the default value should be set to “NO”.

    • YES: Allow the user to specify their own From: address
    • NO: Use the system generated From: address
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