Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:21:38 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Jonathan Belson <jon@witchspace.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing 'From:' address of periodic scripts Message-ID: <48A05902.8060103@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <48A00C8C.4060105@witchspace.com> References: <48A00C8C.4060105@witchspace.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Belson wrote: | Hiya | | I set up a remote box to e-mail 'periodic' output to me directly. It | has now | stopped working, and I suspect it's because the 'From:' addresses of the | status | e-mails is of the form 'root@mybox.local' and the ISP has upped its | anti-spam | checks. | | I see /usr/sbin/periodic itself uses the 'mail' command to send the | mails, but I | couldn't see a command line option to specify a 'From:'. I guess 'mail' | uses | 'sendmail' to send e-mail; is there a simple way of forcing a 'From:' | address | via 'sendmail' config? | | Cheers, | | --Jon | Hi Jon, Have a look at this: http://www.sendmail.org/m4/masquerading.html and perhaps this, too: http://www.madboa.com/geek/sendmail-genericstable/ You can rewrite root@mybox.local to appear as though it's coming from a real email address by using the techniques on those pages. Please post back here if you run into any trouble! Best regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.sourcehosting.net/ http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIoFkC0sRouByUApARAo8OAJ9zuwcF2RL5SyZa6udBc38dMlLO3wCeOlju FZhVVFU4d+aKeWtBFSnd/7Q= =B+FE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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