[CentOS] mail with chnage "from address" not work on CentOS 6

Tim Evans tkevans at tkevans.com
Tue May 19 14:13:20 UTC 2015


On 05/19/2015 10:07 AM, mcclnx mcc wrote:
> We have CEntOS 6.3 on DELL server.  WE try to use following mail command but failed.  This command perfect work on CentOS 5.X.
> $ mail -s "test..." user1 at sun.com -- -f NoReply at App.MD.gov
> test
> .
> EOT
> $ /home/app/oracle/dead.letter... Saved message in /home/app/oracle/dead.letter
>
> problem come from "-- -f NoReply at App.MD.gov".  But it work correctly on CentOS 5.x.
> Anyone know how to fix it?

CentOS 6 man page says '-f' means "mail the contents of the file."  YOu 
probably want '-r'


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