Re: [msmtp-users] How is Date header supposed to be added?

[Joshua Pettett <depquid@...285...>]

Thanks for the response.  But is it possible to get cron to use this without 
custom-compiling it?  I understand that it's not your responsibility to 
compensate for the shortcomings of other programs, but I was hoping to find a 
solution that Just Works, since I admin multiple boxes.  But I need to be able 
to override the sending address, so ssmtp won't work for me either.

-- 
Joshua Pettett
Web and Internet Technician
HomeLink Computer Services
http://www.homelinkcs.com
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On Friday, February 17, 2012, Martin Lambers wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:23:33 -0500, Joshua Pettett wrote:
> > vixie-cron and mailx seem to expect the local MTA/MSA to add the
> > Date: header to outgoing mail, as sendmail and ssmtp do.  Is there a
> > way to get msmtp to do so, or a best practice I am missing here?
> 
> Currently msmtp does not do this; it assumes that either the user agent
> or the MTA at the SMTP server does it (or that it is ok to not have
> a Date header).
> 
> A wrapper script should work:
> ----------
> #!/bin/sh
> formail -b -f -a "Date: `date -R`" | msmtp "$@"
> ----------
> 
> Martin