embedding line in mail header

perlknight has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

all, I have several servers which runs batch jobs. These batch jobs sends out email when completed. I have no issue telling which email comes from which server. However, I sometimes have a hard time tracking down which script it comes from. I am wondering if it is possible to embed the name of the script in the mail header without causing problem with email. Any idea how?

2006-05-01 Retitled by planetscape, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'embeding line in mail header'

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Re: embedding line in mail header by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Apr 30, 2006 at 05:33 UTC
You can devise your own header in the "X-mumble" space, or else put it in Comments. Call it, say, `X-SourceScript`, and fill it in with $0 when you set up headers for the mail. `my $msg = MIME::Lite->new( From =>'me@myhost.com', To =>'you@yourhost.com', Cc =>'some@other.com, some@more.com', Subject => $title, X-SourceScript => $0, Data => $message );` [download] The MIME::Lite pod has more about other forms of custom headers. After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]
Re: embedding line in mail header by eXile (Priest) on Apr 30, 2006 at 05:19 UTC
It is a custom (not sure whether/where it is documented), to start custom headers with X-. Email servers and clients don't touch these X-headers. You could add your scriptname like: Subject: testmail To: test@test.com X-Scriptname: /usr/local/bin/myscript.pl PS: oh, the joy I had adding X-wing or X-mas headers to email ... PS2: X-headers are actually documented in RFC822 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html)	[reply]