CLI how to change Return-Path in mail

donnied · 08-21-2008, 06:52 PM

I'm trying to send an email to work but my home domain is blocked. (Apparently they block dyndns addresses.)

When using mail -a " " how do I change the Return-Path?
Or is there another way (without changing the exim config file)?

I've tried
mail -a "Return-Path:me@work" -a "Return-To:me@work" -a "from:me@work" me@work

Tinkster · 08-22-2008, 03:07 PM

Ummm .. this won't achieve anything, because it won't impact on
the IP address you're sending from.

Cheers,
Tink

donnied · 08-22-2008, 05:10 PM

*grin*

You'd think that wouldn't you? You think that surely they would do many things. My domain is blacklisted from the place I work, but a made up domain that in no way matches my ip and can't even get bounced back works. (And this is better than it was.)

The format would be:
mail -a "Return-Path: me@work.net" -a "Reply-To: me@work.net" -a "From: me@work.net" me@work.net

with a space between the colon and the address.

To truly change the return-path, you'll need to edit /etc/email-addresses. (If you're using exim.)