On 10/18/2005 04:20 PM, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:04:17AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: >> When I send mail using /usr/bin/mail, the From: address is wrong; it's >> apparently just prepending my user-id to my domainname. >> >> How can I tell mail to use a different From: address? I've trawled >> through the docs, but not found an answer... [the docs are pretty weird >> to tell the truth -- they're a flashback to about 1983, and make it >> sound like network email is something of a novelty.] > > The documentation (man page) is actually very well written and clear: > > -a Specify additional header fields on the command line such as "X- > Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" etc. You have to use quotes if the > string con- > tains spaces. This argument may be specified more than once, the > headers will then be concatenated. > > so.. 'mail -s "blah" -a "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually, I've had frustration with this, too, before discovering that: Exim will insert username, and not FirstName LastName, if you only have the username field completely in /etc/passwd. So back when I installed debian, I had not entered first/last names. When exim4 rewrites the "from" using /etc/email-addresses, it prepends username as Miles describes. Solution: Use /etc/email-addresses and also the command chfn to CHange Full Name in /etc/passwd. Cameron's suggestion provides another approach, but it won't help for programs that use exim directly, like reportbug, for example. Regards, Ralph -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
