Option to specify Sender's Address in Mail command

crazy_girl · 10-18-2005, 07:31 AM

Hi,

Earlier i was using the mailx command on Sun Solaris server and corresponding option was -r using which i gave the sender's address.
mailx -s "subject" -r sender@abc.com recipient@abc.com

I am unable to find a corresponding option for the mail command on linux.
mail -s "subject" ?? sender@abc.com recipient@abc.com

Please help.

Thanks.

PS : to add to the above, i am invoking the mail command from a script

tkedwards · 10-18-2005, 06:49 PM

nail (http://nail.sourceforge.net/) is a replacement for mailx (which provides the mail command) that allows you to do this, among other new features. See if your distro has a package for it or get it from their sourceforge site.

narendramind · 08-20-2007, 10:36 AM

Use the following:
mail -s "subject" mail1@server.com -- -r "from@fromserver.com" -f </path/to/file>

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazy_girl

Hi,

Earlier i was using the mailx command on Sun Solaris server and corresponding option was -r using which i gave the sender's address.
mailx -s "subject" -r sender@abc.com recipient@abc.com

I am unable to find a corresponding option for the mail command on linux.
mail -s "subject" ?? sender@abc.com recipient@abc.com

Please help.

Thanks.

PS : to add to the above, i am invoking the mail command from a script