Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 06:01:55 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sending mail with a script question Message-ID: <3E8EB7A3.6050401@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20030404234509.A91877@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20030404234509.A91877@skytrackercanada.com>
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David Banning wrote: > I am running a php program in a browser which eventually > compiles some files and emails them to a person of their > choosing. The problem is that the system identifies the > browser user as nobody. > > I send the mail using a line something like; > > cat textfile | mutt -s"Quote/Attachments" -afile1 -afile2 john@doe.com > > but the problem is that the recipient sees the sender address as > from "nobody@ourhost.com", when I want it seen as "david@ourhost.com". > I have the name of the user available in the script but I see no > way of running the mail script as that person since any browser viewing > the system is "nobody". Have you considered using php's "mail" function? You can specify a sender by specifying headers. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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