Unable to relay email when sending as root using sendmail masquerade

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Sending email to a foreign address or relay is rejected by the relay MTA due to the originating from address being root@domain.com.
  • Mail is not being masqueraded as expected
  • Mail from the root user does not show masquerade

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • sendmail 8.13

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