On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Glynn Clements wrote:
>
> Marc Owen wrote:
>
> > I got a stupid little question about sendmail. The '-f' and '-F'
> > parameters ('-f' = from, '-F' = full name) doesn't seem to go along too
> > well. I'm trying to send mail from a procmail-script with smt like
> >
> > ... | $SENDMAIL -oi -t -F"Marc Owen" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > If I specify the '-f' parameter, if gives '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (without
> > fullname), no matter what I put behind the '-F'. If I drop the '-f' and
> > only use the '-F', I get the correct fullname, but my mailadres gets my
> > local domain name (useless since I want my smarthosts' domain, gmx.net).
> > The use of those parameters (actually most of them) is not described very
> > well in the man-pages, nor included with (my versendmail.
> >
> > How can I specify my mailaddress AND my fullname directly through a script
> > with sendmail?
>
> Use -f to set the envelope sender address (which should only be an
> email address, without a full name), then specify the appropriate
> `From:' header in the data you feed to sendmail.
>
> --
> Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Thanx! It works.
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Marc Owen
"I'm not paranoid. I think I'm doing just fine,
considering that everybody hates me..."
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