Specify the from user when sending email using the

Question

Does anyone know how to change the from user when sending email using the mail command? I have looked through the man page and can not see how to do this.

We are running Redhat Linux 5.

Answer 1

Thanks to all example providers, some worked for some not. Below is another simple example format that worked for me.

echo "Sample body" | mail -s "Test email" from=[e-mail] [e-mail]

Answer 2

You can append sendmail options to the end of the mail command by first adding --. -f is the command on sendmail to set the from address. So you can do this:

mail [e-mail] -- -f [e-mail]

Answer 3

For CentOS here is the working command :

mail -s Subject -S from=[e-mail] [e-mail]

Answer 4

None of the above worked for me. And it took me long to figure it out, hopefully this helps the next guy.

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with mailutils v2.1.

I found this solutions somewhere on the net, don't know where, can't find it again:

-aFrom:[e-mail]

Full Command used:

cat /root/Reports/ServerName-Report-$DATE.txt | mail -s "Server-Name-Report-$DATE" [e-mail] -aFrom:[e-mail]

Answer 5

http://www.mindspill.org/962 seems to have a solution.

Essentially:

echo "This is the main body of the mail" | mail -s "Subject of the Email" [e-mail] -- -f [e-mail]

Answer 6

echo "This is the main body of the mail" | mail -s "Subject of the Email" [e-mail] -- -f [e-mail] -F "Elvis Presley"

or

echo "This is the main body of the mail" | mail -s "Subject of the Email" [e-mail] -aFrom:"Elvis Presley<[e-mail]>"