Sending mail from shell script

sinoob · 07-05-2011, 04:19 AM

I tried the command
echo "Test" | mailx -s "Test subject" reciever@test.com -- -f Tester@gmail.com

But in the mailbox of reciever, i can find the sender name as Tester@gmail.com. My requirement is to show the sender as 'Tester' alone, without the domain name.
Is there any way ?

catkin · 07-05-2011, 09:23 AM

What is the user name you ran the command as? What does its /etc/passwd line look like? What are you using to send the mail to the Internet (sendmail, postfix ...)? Which ISP's presumably SMTP server are you sending it by?

lithos · 07-05-2011, 11:07 AM

instead of mailx try sendEmail script which is doing what you want and the right way (composes message with all Headers & stuff)

good luck

Reuti · 07-07-2011, 08:43 AM

AFAICS sendEmail will only accept a valid email address for the -f option field.

Even if you use the classic mailx, I think the local MTA will add a domain anyway, unless configured not to do so. But then you might face the problem, that the eMail will only be transferred inside your own network, as many sites need a proper email address for the sender to detect SPAM. What about:

Code:

echo "Test" | mailx -s "Test subject" reciever@test.com -- -F foobar -f fubar