Shell Programming and Scripting

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

Use -r option with mailx:-

Code:

echo "Testing From" | mailx -r "webmaster@domain.com" -s "Subject" user@domain.com

Ive been using a binary called "sendEmail" for years. It works great and gives you lots of flexibility for sending mail from scripts -from address, smtp server, username, pass, etc. all the options you'd need. Not sure your platform, but almost all are supported.

Software :: SendEmail - Send email with this free command line email client