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artvolk
Asked: 2010-11-16 01:24:21 +0800 CST

Specify outgoing address for cron messages with postfix

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I have a server with Gentoo and Postfix. Postfix is configured so that all e-mail messages are routed through an external relay which requires a particular address in 'From'.

From /etc/postfix/main.cf:

relayhost = relay.example.com

I also have a cron task, which I'd like to send e-mail from. But the 'From' address is 'user@hostname', which is not allowed on a relay. Is it possible to substitute the correct address to cron for sending messages or fix the Postfix configuration in some way?

cron postfix gentoo

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  1. Best Answer

    I use vixie-cron and ssmtp for a similar situation. What I do, especially for root jobs, is pipe the output of the command through | mail -r "[email protected]" [email protected]; it's tedious but it works.

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