Send e-mail with custom From: and Cc:

Question

I am trying to automate my email by using this command on unix VI:

echo 'Message body goes here' | mail -s 'subject line goes here' email@provider.com

However, I would like to add a "CC" and use a different email address showing when I send the email to the recipient.

I figured out the Cc but the from -r is not working on my system. — user127192, Oct 17 '16 at 04:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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mailx is usually link with mail.

Try passing the options to sendmail by putting double-dash at the end and then specifying -f (from) or -r (return):

mailx ....    -- -r returnname@domain.com

mailx ....    -- -f returnname@domain.com

You could also try "-a" option as mentioned here

mailx -a 'From:name@your-domain.com'  ...

If you want to try the sendmail:

sendmail -t <<EOF
To: toname@domain.com
Subject: Hi
From: fromname@domain.com
Reply-To: replyname@domain.com
Hello
EOF

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered Oct 17 '16 at 05:24

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mail : invalid option -- a – user127192 Oct 17 '16 at 05:43
Did you try the " -- -r returnname@domain.com " with mailx (at the end of command line)? – blackpen Oct 17 '16 at 05:51
Is it: mailx -- -r 'emailaddress@provider' – user127192 Oct 17 '16 at 05:58
Yes. For some reason, my browser was not able to add code, highlight, underscore characters. .... what you typed is correct. You put all the other options between mailx and the double-dashes. – blackpen Oct 17 '16 at 06:03
I remember you mentioned that your mail doesn't support '-a', right? I guess then the REPLYTO as mentioned [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/380573/3196458) also wouldn't work for you? – blackpen Oct 17 '16 at 06:24
Could you run `uname -a` and specify the output of it here? – blackpen Oct 17 '16 at 06:28
If you are on Heirloom mailx, try the "-t" option as mentioned [here](http://serverfault.com/questions/172390/can-i-set-the-in-reply-to-header-when-using-the-linux-mail-command) – blackpen Oct 17 '16 at 06:48
GNU / Linux 86/64 – user127192 Oct 17 '16 at 08:02
That doesn't seem to print the linux version. Try **cat /proc/version** OR **lsb_release -a** OR **uname -mrs** OR **cat /etc/*-release**. I have a feeling that you are on a older version of GNU/Linux. Your bet is probably to use sendmail directly. – blackpen Oct 17 '16 at 08:48
Updated the answer to show how you could try sendmail. – blackpen Oct 17 '16 at 08:56
Oh ok, I'll try that. – user127192 Oct 17 '16 at 09:54
I've used -f with --. – user127192 Oct 17 '16 at 23:25
Apparently, gmail is reporting that the mail may have not been sent by the sender. – user127192 Oct 17 '16 at 23:29
Your problem may be related to SPF records. See [1](http://stackoverflow.com/a/22337593/3196458) & [2](http://stackoverflow.com/a/396/3196458). – blackpen Oct 18 '16 at 00:59

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