You rule. Thanks, I've been using "mail" in my scripts for some time, but as I can see, directly invoking sendmail is MUCH more flexible.
Thanks again. Vinny > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 6:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Command-line mail syntax for bash script > > > On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 12:47:20PM -0600, Vinny Valdez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | I have a quick question, I'm sure the answer is simple. > | > | I want to do the following: > | > | 1. send an email to a list through a bash script (no > interaction) 2. > | hide the recepients (bcc) 3. be able to alter the from: address (or > | set a reply-to), to listoperator@domain instead of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It is better to keep the From: fairly valid (it's only > polite) and modify the Reply-To:. > > | I normally use "mail" to accomplish this, but I cannot > figure out how > | to do last one. > | > | I have: > | > | echo "text" | mail root -b list@domain -s subject > > Go straight for sendmail: > > ( echo "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > echo "To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > echo "Bcc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > echo "Subject: whatever" > echo "Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > echo > cat message-file > ) | sendmail -oi -t > > All the other programs (mail, mutt etc) as just going to be > calling sendmail anyway... > -- > Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ > > What the hell, it's only 4 > month's grant - I can live in a cardboard box, and catch > pigeons for food. After all, I've got raytracing to do! > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/re> dhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
