My root user send emails with ssmtp. However I can't change "From: root ..." root name. Is there any way to send email with another name without using another user?
Tried:
echo 'From: "New name" ' | ssmtp to@gmail.com -v
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@cornernote's answer should be the solution here. Also check there: stackoverflow.com/questions/26202791/…– visit1985Jun 25, 2018 at 12:27
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You can set up a reverse alias in /etc/ssmtp/revaliases
root:someone@yourdomain.tld
it's hidden at the bottom of the man page.
answered Jan 12, 2011 at 18:41
Add the following in Your /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf file and You will capable to set any name and email during runtime :
FromLineOverride=YES
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This is simpler than messing with
/etc/ssmtp/revaliases, especially whenssmtpis run with-t -Cssmtp.conf.– gavenkoaMar 29, 2021 at 12:12
I suggest you switch from ssmtp to msmtp since ssmtp is not actively developed any more. msmtp provides all the same features as ssmtp plus more. In particular, with msmtp you can set the from setting to control who the mail appears to be sent from.
answered Jan 12, 2011 at 18:24
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3This is not quite true - even in 2018 sSMTP seems widely used for it's simplest tasks. For instance all Ubuntu LTS releases ship with latest avail sSMTP package. It does it's job.– stamsterJan 30, 2018 at 16:58
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I was able to do that with msmtp with
set_from_header on. An aliases file with adefault: ...entry is also useful– piecSep 28, 2021 at 15:57
Try option -Ffull_name, ex:
ssmtp login@mail.com -F"Look at me"
i'll change full name.
there is also -f for changing sender email, ex:
ssmtp -f"helper@world" -F"SuperHero" save@our.world
Change the 'From' text by editing /etc/passwd to receive mail from 'YOUR NAME HERE' instead of just 'root'.
chfn -f 'YOUR NAME HERE' root
Check it using grep root /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:YOUR NAME HERE,,,:/root:/bin/bash
Found it here and it worked a treat!
Looks like FromLineOverride=YES doesn't work anymore.
I guess GMAIL is not allowing this now. But I am not sure.
I'm also using ssmtp and, even though I tried the other solutions, none of them worked for me.
However, it worked for me with GMail by defining the "From" field as:
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From: Your Name Here <your_email_here@gmail.com>
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I hope this helps!
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This works for overriding the name, but not the address. It still shows as whatever your real gmail address is that is acting as the SMTP relay.– NeuroXcMay 24, 2022 at 3:13
The -F option works if you are specifying the email params on the ssmtp command line, e.g.
echo "Test email" | ssmtp -F"New name" -v to@gmail.com
If you want all emails sent from root@ to come from a certain name, you can change the Linux user information as described in this StackOverflow answer:
chfn -f "New name" root
"What this does is setting/changing the real name for that user in the finger information (stored in the /etc/passwd file--see the chfn man page)."
Update Even after updating the finger information, cron is still sending email from "root", not using my "New name". Some versions of cron support a MAILFROM= line, but not mine (see this article).
