FROM domain when using 'mail' command on console

guest22

FROM domain when using 'mail' command on console

« on: July 18, 2008, 07:52:55 AM »

Hi,

quick question. How, where is the FROM domain set when using the 'mail' command from the command line please?

TIA

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Re: FROM domain when using 'mail' command on console

« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2008, 08:10:25 AM »

Quote from: guest22 on July 18, 2008, 07:52:55 AM

Hi,

quick question. How, where is the FROM domain set when using the 'mail' command from the command line please?

TIA

guest

My guess is somewhere like the mbox file in the users home folder.

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Re: FROM domain when using 'mail' command on console

« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2008, 05:08:40 PM »

Quote from: guest22 on July 18, 2008, 07:52:55 AM

where is the FROM domain set when using the 'mail' command from the command line please?

You should script the mail command and set appropriate qmail env variables:

#!/bin/sh
# Set QMAIL variables for sender, user@domain
export QMAILUSER=user
export QMAILHOST=domain
/bin/mail blah...

Darrell

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guest22

Re: FROM domain when using 'mail' command on console

« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2008, 09:34:12 AM »

Thanks both. I've scripted it like Darrell suggested. Works perfectly fine.

Thanks for the swift reply.

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