ken wrote:
And it continues to this day.
$ readlink -e `which mail`
/usr/bin/heirloom-mailx
$ mail ralph <$N
No message, no subject; hope that's ok
$ fgrep From: /var/spool/mail/ralph
From: ralph(_at_)inputplus(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk (Ralph Corderoy)
That looks like you set that directly with the "from" variable.
(what "from" variable?)
does mailx/mail even add a From: header?
the current postfix sendmail program uses the (Full Name) format. it
fills in the (...) with the name given with -F, or with the contents
of $NAME, or with the fullname from /etc/passwd.
which doesn't mean it's "common". but if postfix does it, it may mean
that it's traditional sendmail behavior, and therefore inescapable.
paul
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paul fox, pgf(_at_)foxharp(_dot_)boston(_dot_)ma(_dot_)us (arlington, ma,
where it's 71.4 degrees)
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