Have a go at setting a From: header in the /tmp/mailout.$$ or changing your sending line to:
(echo From: Jared <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;cat /tmp/mailout.$$) | mail -s subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] which will work if you mail daemon (e.g. postfix) allows setting the from address, which you'll have to get working anyway. Otherwise have a go at running the script as the user you want the mail to come from. cheers, Woody On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 02:20:35PM +0800, Adam Hewitt wrote: > A word of advise...People are less likely to want to help when you > appear to be demanding it of them... > > Dont get me wrong, I understand that you are frustrated, possibly been > searching mailing lists, google, IRC, etc with no luck (or maybe you > haven't ;) and this is your last ditch effort. Thats fine, but dont beg. > LUGs seem to be more forgiving that IRC and other places, but it still > puts people off. > > Good luck, > > Adam. > > On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 07:16, Jared Pritchard wrote: > > 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 -- Woody -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
