Re: [TCLUG:8819] tweaking mail headers

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

Chris,

Thank you very much for posting the answer to this question. I do
appreciate it, even though I won't use it right now. I think you make
the list better with informational posts like these and so deserve to be
recognized for it. So, I hereby recognize you.

:-)

Troy

Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Christopher Palmer wrote:
> > I want to send out mail, *as any user*, and have bounces go to a specified
> > mail spool.
> > My thinking is to do this by running 'sendmail -t' and composing the
> > headers by hand. But when I give a From: value, failed sends do not go to
> > that address. Instead they go to the spool of the user I was logged in as,
> > which is exactly what I don't want. Is there some other header I should
> > use? I tried Bounce-to: but that's not it. I also tried specifying MAIL
> > FROM (different than From: ) and that's no good either.
>
> I found out the answer, in case anyone cares: Return-path: .