Hello all, Anyone know how to modify the From address when using the linux mail command?
I'm wanting to run a cronjob from root that sends out a message as originating from a particular user. However, every test message I've tried shows it as coming from root@$hostname. A google search suggested two routes, using -r or using -a and specifying the From: header. Neither of these worked for me: $ date | mail -r [email protected] -s "Test message" [email protected] $ date | mail -a "From: [email protected]" -s "Test message" [email protected] Apparently, my version of mail doesn't have the -r option. The -a options works with every other header but "From:", e.g. "X-foo: bar" gets added to the headers of the message. It would be silly to have to rewrite this relatively simple task in perl/php/ruby/python or even raw smtp because of this one missing feature in mail. Still googling but any pointers appreciated. Regards, - Robert -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
