On Sat, 06 May 2023 10:03:45 +1000, Nino Sidoti wrote: > I am trying to work out how to change the “From address” for when the daily o > utput reports are run. I want to use a real email address rather than the def > ault of Charlie Root “root@hostname”. > > I have tried to use a /root/.mailrc option and set the “from” address but thi > s seems to be ignored when the daily output reports are generated.
That is probably because the root crontab sets HOME to /var/log. You might try creating a /var/log/.mailrc file (owned by root) and see if that works for you. If not, you might just edit /etc/daily and pass the -r option to mail to set the from address. - todd
