mailx (from address issue)

[A. Khattri]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Dirk Moolman wrote:

> Hi, I have a problem where we are trying to send mail from our linux
> servers, but would like to display in the "From" line, a specific
> address.
>
> I use the -r option (man page:  -r address  - Sets the From address)
>
> But what currently happens, is that we receive the mail in the format:
>
>
> From: <user at domain that mail was sent from on the server> on behalf of
> (-r address)
>
>
> Does this formatting come from the exchange server that we are using as
> our relay server ?

Is your linux server running an MTA? or is it just passing it along to a
mail hub?


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