Comments on: Changing the default “From:” email address for emails sent via PHP on Linux http://www.davidcraddock.net/2010/03/10/changing-the-default-from-email-address-for-php/ My Technology Site Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:36:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Craddock http://www.davidcraddock.net/2010/03/10/changing-the-default-from-email-address-for-php/comment-page-1/#comment-13847 David Craddock Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:36:43 +0000 http://www.davidcraddock.net/?p=475#comment-13847 There is no need for me to document the newaliases command: it has no arguments. Just run it as root and it will load in aliases from /etc/aliases. The /etc/aliases file is also easy to figure out, the format is one alias per line, of the format "[email alias]: [account]". Any email sent to [email alias] will be sent to the mailbox of [account]. So "postmaster: root" on mymachine.net would direct all email from postmaster@mymachine.net to the mailbox of user root. There is no need for me to document the newaliases command: it has no arguments. Just run it as root and it will load in aliases from /etc/aliases.

The /etc/aliases file is also easy to figure out, the format is one alias per line, of the format “[email alias]: [account]“. Any email sent to [email alias] will be sent to the mailbox of [account]. So “postmaster: root” on mymachine.net would direct all email from postmaster@mymachine.net to the mailbox of user root.

]]> By: andrew http://www.davidcraddock.net/2010/03/10/changing-the-default-from-email-address-for-php/comment-page-1/#comment-13846 andrew Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:04:01 +0000 http://www.davidcraddock.net/?p=475#comment-13846 This looks like a good page, *except* you don't document how to use the newaliases command, or what/how i'm editing the /etc/aliases page! Now its just kinda useful, and i have to hunt around further! sigh sigh This looks like a good page, *except* you don’t document how to use the newaliases command, or what/how i’m editing the /etc/aliases page!

Now its just kinda useful, and i have to hunt around further! sigh sigh

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