Shell Programming and Scripting

Ok I have a txt file being mailed out from a script using mail function. However I need to add from field to it. So I thought of sendmail.

Can anyone, tell me the correct way to format sendmail for a

to field
from field
subject
text attachment for the body?

Chris

just answered a question which will work for your requirements.Check the below link and replace sendmail -v ${TO} ${CC} by
sendmail -f "Dhruva or ur name" ${TO} ${CC}

http://unix.com/showthread.php?t=29717

This is what I tried and it worked but it did not solve my issue with the from field. Is there a way to make the from email address from any email address not a username?

Code:

SUBJ="Send mail from Unix with file attachments"
TO=chris.collins@fuse.net
CC=chris@domain.net
(
cat << !
To : ${TO}
Subject : ${SUBJ}
Cc : ${CC}
!

cat << !
HOPE THIS WORKS
you got the mail from sendmail utility
!

uuencode watch_script1.txt watch_script1.txt


) | sendmail -f chris.collins@fuse.net ${TO} ${CC}

Chris

Hi Chris,

i have checked with the same script and got the "from" as some email id.
can you try again with chris.collins@fuse.net in double quotes.

SUBJ="Send mail from Unix with file attachments"
TO=chris.collins@fuse.net
CC=chris@domain.net
(
cat << !
To : ${TO}
Subject : ${SUBJ}
Cc : ${CC}
!

cat << !
HOPE THIS WORKS
you got the mail from sendmail utility
!

uuencode watch_script1.txt watch_script1.txt
) | sendmail -f "chris.collins@fuse.net" ${TO} ${CC}

I know this should work and it does not error out, however is not working, any ideas?

Chris

What is happening is its sending out the mail still as root!

Chris

NVM I solved it the F has to be a capital f