Re: [TCLUG:8819] tweaking mail headers

[Christopher Reid Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

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: .


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