Thanks Michael, This worked nicely ;) J -----Original Message----- From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Fratoni Sent: 11 February 2004 01:52 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Linux email -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 11 February 2004 04:19 am, Jason Dale wrote: > Hi, > > This is not really a Linux OS question per se, but it involves > just sending mail from the command line on a Linux system. > > I use the following two methods: > > /bin/cat messagebody.txt | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f myself@xxxxxxxxxx -O > NoRecipientAction=add-to > recipient@xxxxxxxxxx [...] > The problem is that with the sendmail option, I can change the 'from:' > address > but I can't change the subject line. With the 'mail' command, I can > change the subject line but I can't change the darn 'From:' address. > Does anyone know of a SIMPLE way that I can do both? Using sendmail, you can put the subject in the text file. /usr/sbin/sendmail -f nosuchuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -O NoRecipientAction=add-to validuser@xxxxxxxxxxxx < mail.txt Where mail.txt contains: Subject: Test message This is a test, this is only a test. Had this been an actual message, it would have contained useful data. The result the recipient sees: Test message Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:34:45 -0500 From: nosuchuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: [..snip...] This is a test, this is only a test. Had this been an actual message, it would have contained useful data. - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0|9 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/en/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAKheGn/07WoAb/SsRAhCMAJ41poej6AWSQatq5pzsxXrQUcxlswCbBOKg WZ/jOJumubBGq7H7z4fCdms= =YeFH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
