procmail
[Top] [All Lists]

Preserve original "from" when forwarding

1996-09-06 22:25:53

A while ago, I asked how it was possible to preserve the original "From:"   
line
when forwarding mail. Two replies proved very helpful here, BUT neither   
actually
worked!

Seperating out the "From:" line using FROM=`formail -rt -xTo:` works   
wonderfully
as does the replacement of the old "To" using the following:
$FORMAIL -i "To: Peter(_dot_)Morrison(_at_)australia(_dot_)ncr(_dot_)com"

However, when I pipe all this to sendmail ( | $SENDMAIL -oi -t)
sendmail happily **IGNORES ME** and puts in its own From: line.

Is it something to do with not having root permission while calling   
sendmail?

Regards,
Peter Morrison.
 --
Mild-mannered PowerHelp tech support by day (peter(_at_)astea(_dot_)co(_dot_)nz)
Super-powered Dispatch-1 legend after dark (legend(_at_)iconz(_dot_)co(_dot_)nz)
AT&T cowboy, 9am to midnight 
(Peter(_dot_)Morrison(_at_)australia(_dot_)ncr(_dot_)com)
Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • Preserve original "from" when forwarding, Morrison, Peter <=