Send mail from command line from specific email address

Submitted by bibekshrestha on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 10:45
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In an email, from is set in the header. To set FROM in any email sent through the mail command, here is the syntax

echo 'Mail body' | \
mail -s 'this is the email subject' -a 'From: sender@example.com' receiver@example.com

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 10/01/2010 - 12:52. 

  1. echo | mutt -s 'attachment1' -a 'a.txt' -- bibek@laptop.bibek.com.np

If you want to send a blank email with attachment with MIME

Submitted by Ashesh (not verified) on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 15:09.

Nice tips
Thanks

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