Re: change the "From" line in crond's mails, how?

--- inode0 <inode0gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/5/07, Roger Peņa <orkcuyahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello everybody
> >
> > I feel a litle disoriented about this topic, I
> could
> > not find any hint about what to do to change the
> > "FROM" text (not the address) of emails
generated
> by
> > crond, the one run it by root 
> >
> > I have several servers who send its root's emails
> to
> > one specific address (through aliases offcourse),
> the
> > problem is that I want to notice which message
> belong
> > to which server without open it 
> > the subject is the same in all mails an so the
> FROM
> > text (not the address ofcourse)
> 
> Depending on your mail system you might be able to
> use plussed
> addresses. So rather than aliasing the root mail on
> box x.y.z to
> boba.b.c you might be able to send it to
> bob+x.y.za.b.c instead
> where the +x.y.z  would be different on each system
> indicating which
> machine it is coming from in the From: header.
> 
that is an "alternative" solution 
sort or identify the mails from its To line  in my
email client  but not
exactly what I ask 

any way thanks for your idea 

cu
roger




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