mailx sender's name

[WWY]

Hi All,

I'd like to specific a sender's name instead of the default one. Could anyone tell me how I can do it.

My unix version:
HP-UX etjisux2 B.11.11 U 9000/800

Thanks,
Kevin

[Ivan Krastev]

Try this:

sendmail -f sender@domain ...

Or rewrite senders names - http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90147/ch04s03.html#cciecbcb


regards,
ivan

[Wouter Jagers]

Try the -r option to mailx:

# echo test | mailx -s "some subject" -r some@mailaddress.com recipient@email.com

Cheers,
Wout

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi Kevin,

e.g.

cat /etc/hosts |mailx -r "from name " -s "Mail subject" destname@domain.mu

in fact, you can specify *any* name/email address when specifying the value for the -r switch

hope this helps too!
kind regards
yogeeraj

[Doug O'Leary]

Hey;

The options specified above work for individual runs. If you *always* want a user's name to be rewritten, you can use the genericstable. You may have to rebuild the sendmail.cf file to support it, but that's pretty easy. Let me know if you want specifics.

Once sendmail supports the genericstable, just create a file /etc/mail/genericstable with the format:

${source} ${rewrite}

For instance:

oleary dkoleary@olearycomputers.com

would rewrite any mail coming from oleary to appear as if it were coming from dkoleary@olearycomputers.com

Works pretty well.

Doug

[WWY]

Many many thank for all of your answers!