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Sending email from a script & specifying the "from" address

Hello all, I have a requirement to send an email from a shell script. Simple enough. A google search gives thousands of examples. But here's the catch. I need to be able to specify the "from" address, and none of the examples I've found allow for that.

When I used the mail or mailx commands, the email goes out just fine, but it comes from oracle@hostname.domain.com

I need the "from" address to be webmaster@domain.com

I could write an Expect script that telnets to the SMTP server on port 25 and issues the relevant commands, but I feel like there must be a simpler solution.

The goal is that so when people reply to this automated message, it goes to a valid deliverable email address. oracle@hostname.domain.com is not a valid email address, since no SMTP server is running on hostname.domain.com

Thank you

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mailto.conf

mailto.conf(5)							    Apple Inc.							    mailto.conf(5)

NAME

       mailto.conf - configuration file for cups email notifier

DESCRIPTION

       The mailto.conf file defines the local mail server and email notification preferences for CUPS.

       Each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Comment lines start with the # character.

DIRECTIVES

       Cc cc-address@domain.com
	    Specifies an additional recipient for all email notifications.

       From from-address@domain.com
	    Specifies the sender of email notifications.

       Sendmail sendmail command and options
	    Specifies  the  sendmail  command  to use when sending email notifications. Only one Sendmail or SMTPServer line may be present in the
	    mailto.conf file. If multiple lines are present, only the last one is used.

       SMTPServer servername
	    Specifies a SMTP server to send email notifications to. Only one Sendmail or SMTPServer line may be present in the	mailto.conf  file.
	    If multiple lines are present, only the last one is used.

       Subject subject-prefix
	    Specifies a prefix string for the subject line of an email notification.

SEE ALSO

       classes.conf(5), cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), mime.convs(5), mime.types(5), printers.conf(5),
       http://localhost:631/help

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.

12 July 2006							       CUPS							    mailto.conf(5)