Hi - I'm new to this group, and relatively new to linux.... (I work in it every day and have done for the past 8-10months or so - but it has been all in VI editing HTML & PERL scripts etc. so no specific linux commands besides the basics)
but now I have reached a point in the PERL scripts that it sends emails out to a list of users... however, when they receive them, it is addressed from 'nobody'. We REALLY REALLY need to change that!!! I use the command 'mail' in the form mail -s subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /tmp/mailout.$$ I cannot find an option in the 'mail' man pages that allows me to specify the 'from' section, and I am assuming that it is the 'user' that sends the email that fills in that position. Maybe the user is guest, or nobody or whatever - i don't know :/ How can I change the user or specify the 'from' field in the email without using a different mailing program? I need it to be admin or something - If I have to change mail programs, I will opt for sendmail in the short term, so what I would need the correct syntax to accomplish the same as above WITH from defined as well :) (the man pages for sendmail weren't much help in this regard) Any help will be muchly appreciated!!! Regards, Jared Pritchard -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
