How can I set sender name and email address using mail command in shell script.
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Try this:
mail -s 'Some Subject' -r 'First Last <you@example.com>' recipient@example.net
This sets both From: and the envelope sender.
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2@DanielLoureiro Right, Heirloom mailx has
-r, but it isn't required by POSIX. Still good enough for *BSD and Linux. :) – lcd047 Jun 9 '16 at 14:10 -
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depends on the mail/mailx implementation in your distro; what I found it works is appending a header variable:
--append="FROM:Foghorn Leghorn <sender@your-domain.com>"– woohoo May 21 '18 at 23:30 -
@woohoo depends on the mail/mailx implementation in your distro - That of course applies equally to your solution. With my Heirloom
mailx:mail: illegal option -- -. – lcd047 May 24 '18 at 12:13
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The option -a populates the header.
quick command:
mail -a FROM:sender@my-domain.com recipient@another-domain.fr
long command
mail --append="FROM:sender@my-domain.com" recipient@another-domain.fr
Usage: mail [OPTION...] [address...] -a, --append=HEADER: VALUE append given header to the message being sent -A, --attach=FILE attach FILE --content-type=TYPE set content type for subsequent --attach options -e, --exist return true if mail exists --encoding=NAME set encoding for subsequent --attach options -E, --exec=COMMAND execute COMMAND -F, --byname save messages according to sender -H, --headers write a header summary and exit -i, --ignore ignore interrupts -n, --norc do not read the system mailrc file -N, --nosum do not display initial header summary -p, --print, --read print all mail to standard output -q, --quit cause interrupts to terminate program -r, --return-address=ADDRESS use address as the return address when sending mail -s, --subject=SUBJ send a message with the given SUBJECT -t, --to precede message by a list of addresses -u, --user=USER operate on USER's mailboxCommon options
--config-file=FILE, --rcfile=FILE load this configuration file --config-help show configuration file summary --config-lint, --rcfile-lint check configuration file syntax and exit --config-verbose, --rcfile-verbose verbosely log parsing of the configuration files --no-site-config, --no-site-rcfile do not load site configuration file --no-user-config, --no-user-rcfile do not load user configuration file --set=PARAM=VALUE set configuration parameter --show-config-options show compilation optionsGlobal debugging settings
--debug-level=LEVEL set Mailutils debugging level --debug-line-info show source info with debugging messages -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -V, --version print program versionMandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
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That depends which mail client you are using. Some Linux distributions link to mailx where you can use the -r from-addr parameter.
If you have mutt you should be able to use mutt -e "set from='name <name@somewhere>'>.
Other distributions which have the mail command should be able to use echo "test"|mail -s "subject" address@recipient.com -- -f from@address.
mail --help) – Anthon May 4 '15 at 6:43