Re: [LIH] Re: Changing the From header when using mail

[Babu Kalakrishnan]

Suresh,

On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 06:41:15PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian typed:
> Simanta J Handique saw fit to inform LI that: 
> >This one did not work: " mail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s "Test"
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] < mail_body.txt "
> 
> mail -f <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -s 'test' > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < mail_body.txt
> or better -
> cat mail_body.txt|mail -f <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -s 'test'

None of the above will work for the following reasons :

1) The angle quotes will be interpreted by bash as I/O redirection 
   operators.
2) The -f option in mail doesn't mean "use the specified from address" - 
   the parameter following it is the filename which "mail" treats as the
   inbox. man mail for details.
   
AFAIK mail doesn't have any option to change the 'from" address.

Kala
Kala   
   
   

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