Sendmail vs. mailx

[JavaDude4]

Hi,<br>&nbsp;I am currently using mailx on HP-UX 10.20 to send emails with variable subjects, bodies, and attachments. I need to provide for the ability to alter either the reply-to or from field so that when someone replies to these emails (which all come from the same Unix account) the email is directed to the specified account. I have been able to use Sendmail to modify the from field to accomplish this but can not find a way to modify the Subject field using this utility. Does anyone know of a way to send emails from script which provides for variable From fields, Subjects, Bodies and attachments.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Steve<br>

 

[MikeLacey]

I had trouble with this as well, have you tried (can't remember how I got around it) something like this?<br><FONT FACE=monospace><b><br>mailx recipient &lt;&lt;-!<br>Subject: Hi there<br>Hi recipient, how are you etc...<br>!<br></font></b><br> <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>

 

[JavaDude4]

Hi Mike,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks for the reply. I haven't tried breaking the email up onto different lines like that but I am not sure how that is going to enable me to specify a reply-to or from field? If I use sendmail in a similar manner I may be able to get it work using this approach since it has a parameter which allows for this field to be set. Thanks again....<br>Steve<br>

 

[JavaDude4]

Hi again,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;I just tried your recommendation with some success. I was able to use Sendmail to specify the Subject and From address but when I do this I am no longer able to attach a document. I am using the following syntax <br><br>uuencode email_template testAttachment ¦ sendmail <A HREF="mailto:-femailAddress@email.com">-femailAddress@email.com</A> <A HREF="mailto:emailAddress@email.com">emailAddress@email.com</A> &lt;&lt;!<br>&gt; Subject: Test<br>&gt; !<br><br>Unfortunately, the testAttachment does not appear in the email when I do this however if I leave off the trailing &lt;&lt;! then it does appear but then I can't set the Subject. Any ideas how I can get around this?<br><br>Thanks alot,<br>Steve<br><br>

 

[MikeLacey]

Try breaking it down into separate steps<br><br>cat &gt; /tmp/f.f &lt;&lt;-!<br>Subject: Hi there<br>!<br>uuencode email_template testAttachment&nbsp;&nbsp;&gt;&gt;/tmp/f.f<br><br>sendmail <A HREF="mailto:-fuser@somewhere.com">-fuser@somewhere.com</A> <A HREF="mailto:luckyguy@somewhereelse.com">luckyguy@somewhereelse.com</A> &lt; /tmp/f.f<br> <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>

 

[JavaDude4]

Worked like a charm. I wish I would've found this forum sooner. These are by far the fastest and most knowledgable responses I have gotten on a user forum.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Steve<br>

 

[MikeLacey]

Thanks Steve - much appreciated. &lt;smile&gt; <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>

 

[JavaDude4]

Ok Mike, one more question. I have everything working as desired with one exception. When I use sendmail, the email&nbsp;&nbsp;address I specify ends up in the BCC: field and not in the To: field when the email is received and viewed. With mailx it appears in the To: field as one would expect. I suppose this could be attributed somehow to my email reader (Groupwise on NT) but since mailx works right I kind of doubt it. I know it is trivial but I think it would be enough to confuse the people who will be receiving these emails.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Steve<br>

 

[MikeLacey]

don't know......<br><br>need to have a look at the sendmail man page - no HP box here - will have to be tomorrow<br><br>there should be a command line switch though - try &quot;man sendmail&quot; and page through it &lt;grin&gt; (it's not pretty) <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

http://www.cargill.com/>

Cargill's Corporate Web Site</a><br>

 

[Guest_imported]

I am new to sendmail. Could you help me setup the config files and show me the command line?

 

[MikeLacey]

Hi Jim,

What is it you're trying to do and on what kind of machine, version of UNIX etc?

Sendmail is a bit funny.... Some things that sound really easy take ages -- and a first class honors degree in strangeness. And other things, that sound hard, just need a one line change in the sendmail.cf file..... Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com
Email welcome if you're in a hurry or something -- but post in tek-tips as well please, and I will post my reply here as well.