Re: mail spool
On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 07:07:33PM -0500, Alter Ego wrote:
> >cat mailbox | formail -ds /usr/sbin/sendmail someaccount@anotherserver.com
>
> I tested it out and the mail is remarked as coming from root... Isn't there
> a sendmail directive to make it take the headers as-is? Right now it treats
> it as new mail from root. I think bulkmail has a feture like this. :)
You cant - Once delivered to a mailbox the Envelope informations of
a mail are Lost. You cant simply "bounce" the mail ... Even if you
do a bounce in your MUA the envelope will be created new - The
header may stay the same ...
> I don't have root access on the new machine.
No way - Send them a single mail with all leftovers in it - Their fault ...
Flo
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