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mail command and email header...

K.C. Chan — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:51:45 GMT

All,
does any know how to embed email header like 'X-script: $0" vi mail command?

Thanks.

Re: mail command and email header...

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:56:35 GMT

Shalom KC

Most of what is the header is based on system configuraiton and sendmail.cf configuration.

SEP

Re: mail command and email header...

Joel Girot — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:31:32 GMT

Hi
for modify the header, i add this lines on my /etc/mail sendmail.mc AND /etc/mail/submit.mc sendmail configuration files.

define(`confRECEIVED_HEADER', `from smtp1.mydomain.fr
by smtp1.mydomain.fr $?r with $r$. id $i$?u
for $u; $|;
$.$b')dnl
define(`confMESSAGEID_HEADER', `<$t.$i@smtp1.mydomain.fr>')dnl

Hope this help you,

Joel

Re: mail command and email header...

Stuart Browne — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:12:53 GMT

The changes Joel suggests will add that header to all mails that go out.

You only want to add this header to mails that you're generating from a script and are piping through the 'mail' command, right?

Using 'mail', you can't. It just isn't designed for that.

So, what are your options? Really, not that many.

Two I can think of off the top of my head.

1) Make a file 'script.muttrc', and use 'mutt -F script.muttrc -s "" ' in place of 'mail -s "" '. Put the line:

my_hdr X-Script: scriptname

in the 'script.muttrc' file.

2) Create the entire message and header structure outside of any mail program, with customized header lines etc. in it, and shove the entire thing through 'sendmail -bt '.

Just some mthoughts.

Re: mail command and email header...

zsolt_1 — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:29:34 GMT

Hi all!

I have a question. I add a custom header to my e-mails, and set up the return-path. The question would be that if the mail doesn't go to the recipient and it is returned at the return adress than is it possible to lose my header or i'll get the mail exactly as i'll sent it???

With respect Zsolt.