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Sending e-mail from sendmail with headers

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http://serverfault.com – I am trying to send an e-mail with sendmail, but I need to specify some headers (From, Content-Type, Subject). Here is the command I am currently running: echo "Content-Type: text/plain\r\nFrom: do-not-reply@mydomain.com\r\nSubject: Test\r\n\r\nThe body goes here" | sendmail -f do-not-reply@mydomain.com admin@mydomain.com The problem is that the headers are not being set. Do I have the format correct? (HowTos)

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Submitted by xskl on 01/07/2012 – Made popular on 01/07/2012

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