SCO mailx -r on RedHat Linux

[grotongroup]

I'm looking for a solution to a problem. We currently use the SCO mailx -r function to alter 'reply' addresses when sending order confirmation e-mails. We are porting to RedHat Linux ES-4 and appear to have only the 'mail' and 'sendmail' commands which do not appear to have the '-r' option. I'm looking for a work-around to alter the 'reply' address. IE:, custservice@domain.com, sales@domain.com, support@domain.com. Right now the e-mails go out from user@localhost.localdomain
Thanks

 

[QatQat]

look at sendmail address mapping features.

QatQat

If I could have sex each time I reboot my server, I would definitely prefer Windoz over Linux!

 

[grotongroup]

Are there any examples either command line sendmail -f , ect. or the table/file entries

 

[QatQat]

enable genericstable in your sendmail.mc, uncommend or add (if they do not exist) the following lines:

FEATURE(`genericstable',`hash -o /etc/mail/genericstable.db')dnl
GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/generics-domains')dnl

create the file /etc/mail/generics-domains where you simply write the list of domains to which the users you want to change addresses for belong to.

Make sure you include the real domain of the mail server as well.

exmaple, if your mail server is called mailserver.yourcompany.com and it is serving mail for the domain yourotherdomain.com and you need to change the user qatqat@yourotherdomain.com to me.yourotherdomain.com, add both domains to the /etc/mail/generics-domains file.


create or edit the file /etc/mail/genericstable and add

qatqat         me.yourotherdomain.com

from the /etc/mail directory execute,

make
newaliases
/etc/rc.d sendmail restart

Now mail from qatqat@yourotherdomain.com should go out as me@yourotherdomain.com

QatQat

If I could have sex each time I reboot my server, I would definitely prefer Windoz over Linux!