King Ben wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a website that stores information in a database that is, after some
> period of time, expunged from the database. But before doing so, email
> requests for "renewals" go out to the people who entered the info. I send
> this information with a simple perl script to pull the data from the
> database and use 'mail' to mail it to the users. When they receive the
> mail, the From: header is set to my account name (of course) however I'd
> like to use an alias like "">renewals@whatever.com". I've looked through the
> manpage on mail but have come across no such feature to change the From:
> field. Does anyone know of another utility I could use that does have this
> feature or how to accomplish this in mail itself? I know I could possibly
> use perl modules but I'd prefer to use something along the lines of mail,
> or another simple but popular program.
I don't think you can do this with the mail program. If you change your
mind and are interested in a perl solution, drop me a line. We do that
currently from our web site. (that is, email via perl script, including
the setting of the sending email address).
>
> Ben
>
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