Re: [SLUG] URGENT: Please help, Mail problem (FROMField=NOBODY....change?)
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.$$
You're better off using the Perl module Mail::Sendmail
to send mail (and no, this doesn't use the sendmail
program undeneath).
%mail = (
from = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
to = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
subject = 'Hello world',
);
$mail{body} = EOF;
Some silliness
EOF
sendmail(%mail)
You need to be running a SMTP server on the local
machine (like sendmail). You might need to alter
the configuration of this to
- let you send mail off the box
- be looser about checking 'From' addresses
Usually if you find yourself calling an external
program in production code then it's a hint to
go looking for a suitable module.
Cheers,
Glen
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Re: [SLUG] URGENT: Please help, Mail problem (FROMField=NOBODY....change?)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 29-08-2003 04:38:24 PM: Hi - I'm new to this group, and relatively new to linux (I work in it every day and have done for the past 8-10months or so - but it has been all in VI editing HTML PERL scripts etc. so no specific linux commands besides the basics) but now I have reached a point in the PERL scripts that it sends emails out to a list of users... however, when they receive them, it is addressed from 'nobody'. We REALLY REALLY need to change that!!! I use the command 'mail' in the form mail -s subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/mailout.$$ You're better off using the Perl module Mail::Sendmail to send mail (and no, this doesn't use the sendmail program undeneath). If this is not possible to install the module, use the sendmail command `sendmail -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/mailout.$$` (Remember, you will need to have Subject: Your subject here on the first line of of /tmp/mailout.$$) Also note, that sendmail is not normally in a users path. Cheers, Scott -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] URGENT: Please help, Mail problem (FROMField=NOBODY....change?)
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 04:16:58PM -0700, Jared Pritchard wrote: 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!!! Have a read of: perldoc -q mail and look for the section How do I send mail? Cheers. -- Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED]Phone: +61 (0)2 6773 2412 http://turing.une.edu.au/~normFax: +61 (0)2 6773 3312 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] URGENT: Please help, Mail problem (FROMField=NOBODY....change?)
One approach is to format each line command as follows: su username -c mail -s subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/mailout.$$ This assumes your system knows to append '@mydomain.com' to yield '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and you are running in super shell. Oscar Plameras www.purl.org/net/aboutme - Original Message - From: Jared Pritchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 4:16 PM Subject: [SLUG] URGENT: Please help, Mail problem (FROM Field=NOBODYchange?) Hi - I'm new to this group, and relatively new to linux (I work in it every day and have done for the past 8-10months or so - but it has been all in VI editing HTML PERL scripts etc. so no specific linux commands besides the basics) but now I have reached a point in the PERL scripts that it sends emails out to a list of users... however, when they receive them, it is addressed from 'nobody'. We REALLY REALLY need to change that!!! I use the command 'mail' in the form mail -s subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/mailout.$$ 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
