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

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Babu Kalakrishnan saw fit to inform LI that: 

>1) The angle quotes will be interpreted by bash as I/O redirection 
>   operators.

ouch

>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.

ouch again.

I should have said /usr/sbin/sendmail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... etc etc. :(

that will work, for sure :)

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Suresh Ramasubramanian | sureshr at staff.juno.com
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