On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 05:43:55PM +0200, Gertjan Klein wrote: > I am configuring a new VPS, and decided to try nullmailer to send mail. > I don't want to receive mail on the VPS, I just want the mail the system > generates to end up in my mailbox elsewhere. This works, but the mail > from address looks like this: "gklein <gkl...@parvos.nl>". This irks me. > My account has my full name configured;
Where exactly is the full name configured? > why isn't it used? That is reason for the above question. > I am testing this as follows: > > $ echo "this is a test" | mail -s Subject gkl...@parvos.nl Works for me ... > I am unclear about which of GNU mailutils or nullmailer is responsible > for this header. I've tried various things the internet suggested; none > made any difference at all. > > While this is more an annoyance than a showstopper for me, I would like > the From address to look like "My name <my@address>". Does anyone here > know which program to persuade, and how to persuade it? |$ command -v mail |/usr/bin/mail |$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/mail |dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/bin/mail |$ ls -l /usr/bin/mail |lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Oct 12 2012 /usr/bin/mail -> /etc/alternatives/mail |$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/mail |lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 12 2012 /etc/alternatives/mail -> /usr/bin/bsd-mailx |$ ls -l /usr/bin/bsd-mailx |-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 112968 Apr 14 2022 /usr/bin/bsd-mailx |$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/bsd-mailx |bsd-mailx: /usr/bin/bsd-mailx |$ Did it help? > Kind regards, > Gertjan. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse