"from" in mail command

greenpython · 10-25-2005, 05:16 PM

Hello,

i'm stuck trying to figure out how to specify "from" user, using mail command.

Example:

~> whoami
user1

So if I send mail from my unix machine (domain testt.com):

echo "test" | mail someone@gmail.com

- someone@gmail.com gets email from user1@testt.com.

How can I specify "from" alias, so Outlook recepient sees "from" as, for example, "Your Pal", NOT user1@testt.com.

Thank you!

GP

Quigi · 10-25-2005, 06:02 PM

I don't think you can forge the sender using mail. To do that, consider the -f option of sendmail. Keep in mind that ...

Quote:

Sendmail is not intended as a user interface routine; other programs
provide user-friendly front ends; sendmail is used only to deliver pre-
formatted messages.

From the man page, sendmail(8). (edit: fixed typo)
If you want to go really low-level, you can also talk directly SMTP (port 25) to the recipient's MX agent.

greenpython · 10-25-2005, 06:12 PM

thank you! <eom>