On Wed 28 apr 2012 0:27, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi ! > > > 2nd: "-f sender" option > > But I've noticed that it's not used! > > > I send mails using: > > > > cat header.txt /mnt/jffs2/report-20120404-153857174.csv | busybox > > sendmail -f [email protected] -S mailserver.abm.be > > > > where header.txt contains my from: / to: / subject: lines. > > I see that the address in the "from:" line in header.txt is used > > instead of the -f option. And when I leave out the from: line, my > > outlook client receives an email with an empty "from:" field... > > > > Any suggestions? > > The -f option shall set the mail envelope address, which is NOT the "From" in > the > header of your mail! This is a big difference which is got wrong by many > users. > The envelope addresses (sender/recipients) are transmitted during the SMTP > handshake and usually become not part of the message header. Beside this > some MTAs/MDAs put envelope addresses in other mail headers (for comment > purposes), so you may see your envelope addresses if you look closely to all > your message headers.
Thanks, that's clear. The address from the -f option appears in "Return-Path:" when I check the RAW message. Is there a reason why one would want to use a different address in the "Return-Path" field and in the "FROM" field? Brecht > > -- > Harald _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
