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Re: perl and ssmtp



Unfortunately adding that line to my ssmtp.conf did not work.

sSMTP does not run as a process so I assume this file is parsed each time mail is
sent... so I should not have to do anything but add the line, save the file, and try
it again correct?

Timmy Douglas wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 03:31:04PM -0400, phiLLip maDDux II wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a perl program that makes a call to ssmtp on the system to send
> > out an email. When I send out the email I specify the from:  however it
> > does not work, it always makes it look like the email came from
> > www-data@server.edu.
> >
> > Does anybody have any suggestions of what I should look for? Do I need
> > to give more info to help determine the problem?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
>
> is this in your /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf?
>
> # Set this to never rewrite the From: line (unless not given) and to
> # use that address in the from line of the envelope.
> FromLineOverride=YES
>
> i think that should work.
>
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