Chris Green: > On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 07:36:57PM +0100, Luciano Mannucci wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:56:33 +0000 > > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > > > So, is there something I can configure in postfix to always add some > > > text of some sort (the hostname is the obvious thing) to one of From:, > > > To: or Subject: ? > > Personally, I use the GCOS field in /etc/passwd (the 5th field). Mine > > looks moreless like "Charlie <hotstname> &", and all my diagnostic > > messages come fairly recognizable. One real world example: > > > > root:*:0:0:Charlie Baobab &:/root:/bin/csh > > > So does anything in the GCOS field appear in the From: header?
Yes. You can provide the full name with The following are used when no From: header exists. Some mail command-line tools will add a From: header with information that may or may not be what you want. sendmail -f full_name, used only when no From: header exists. The NAME environment variable, used by the sendmal command. Otherwise it uses the GECOS field. The sendmail command line fails to mention that. Wietse