Even "man Mail" might help :) J/k.
If you are just using straight "mail" or "mailx" the switch you want is '-r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' eg. > mail -r [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s "Greetings" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unless of course mail is called in a perl script using Net::Mail or something then there would be a "from" variable. C. > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2003 4:28 PM > To: Adam Hewitt > Cc: Jared Pritchard; SLUG; Phil Scarratt > Subject: Re: [SLUG] URGENT: Please help.../Desperate plea... > > > 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 > > > ********************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
