Re: [SLUG] Mailing w/ different FROM

From: Bill Triplett (btt@nethouse.com)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 21:17:49 EST


On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:58:07PM -0500, Mario Lombardo wrote:
> Sometimes when I'm logged in as root, I want to send output to the
> SLUG or Debian lists, but I don't want my email to read
> root@(whatever.??).
>
> How do I use or setup 'mail' to look like, let's say,
> mario@alienscience.com sent the email. I don't want to use the
> REPLY-TO field. I actually want it to be in the FROM field?

With sendmail, check into the genericstable feature. It maps local
usernames to outgoing email addresses. There is sure to be a way with
other MTAs like postfix and qmail, but I don't know how with those.



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