diff -uNr portage-2.1_pre4/pym/elog_modules/mod_mail.py portage-2.1_pre4-r1/pym/elog_modules/mod_mail.py
--- portage-2.1_pre4/pym/elog_modules/mod_mail.py	2006-01-28 01:49:48.000000000 +0100
+++ portage-2.1_pre4-r1/pym/elog_modules/mod_mail.py	2006-02-08 03:35:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 			myrecipient = mysettings["PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI"]
 	try:
 		mymessage = email.Message.Message()
-		mymessage.set_unixfrom("portage")
+		mymessage.set_unixfrom(mysettings["PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM"])
 		mymessage.set_payload(fulltext)
 		mymessage["To"] = myrecipient
 		mymessage["Subject"] = "[portage] Ebuild log for %s" % cpv
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 			myconn = smtplib.SMTP(mymailhost, mymailport)
 		if mymailuser != "" and mymailpasswd != "":
 			myconn.login(mymailuser, mymailpasswd)
-		myconn.sendmail("portage", myrecipient, mymessage.as_string())
+		myconn.sendmail(mysettings["PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM"], myrecipient, mymessage.as_string())
 		myconn.quit()
 	except smtplib.SMTPException, e:
 		raise portage_exception.PortageException("!!! An error occured while trying to send logmail:\n"+str(e))