Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:10:09 +0100 From: "Daniel C. Dowse" <dcdowse@gmx.net> To: Kelly Martin <kellymartin@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: changing cron's From: address in emails Message-ID: <20091025021009.051de285.dcdowse@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <1338880b0910240008h5d5e7846q8ccf184728d9e036@mail.gmail.com> References: <1338880b0910240008h5d5e7846q8ccf184728d9e036@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:08:21 -0600 Kelly Martin <kellymartin@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, here's a simple question for the FreeBSD gurus out there. I > have several servers running cron scripts daily for me, and they all > send me e-mail with their output. Regardless of which server it is, > each of these e-mails have the From: address looking exactly the same. > They all say they are from the "Cron Daemon". Fine, but I'd like to > know more clearly which server the cron output is from. > > How can I change the From: address of these emails to "Myserver Cron > Daemon" instead? I know cron runs as the user, so it's not immediately > obvious to me how to change the From: field. Already the subject line > says something like "Cron <root@Myserver> ..." but this doesn't stand > out enough for my tired eyes. Why don`t you just create some filter rules in your mua ? It may makes it clear for you if you create a folder for each host and filter your msg on receiving ? e.g. Inbox ... CronDir - Host 1 - Host 2 .... Cheers Daniel -- Just because I don`t care - Doesn`t mean I don`t understand ! -- Homer J. Simpson
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