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

Ok, so far I have been able to get my e-mail from the servers, and send it to another user. Problem is, when i submit it, everyone in the original To: header receives it again. Is there a quick way to replace the original recipients with the new one ?

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Re: How do I properly forward an e-mail ?
by merlyn (Sage) on Apr 05, 2001 at 17:35 UTC
    Don't use "header-to" to affect delivery. Use "envelope-to". For sendmail, that means don't use the -t switch. I don't know your MUA, so I can't be more specific.
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      Thanks for your reply, but I should have mentioned I'm working on 'doze, not a real computer system.
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        In which case, and if you want to bounce the mail straight to someone else, then why not have perl open a conention and have a conversation with the smtp server.

        mailbody should contain the data, recieved headers and all. 

        use Net::SMTP; 
# Yes, this is cribbed straight from node 'How 
# do I send e-mail from my Perl Program?'

# You need to fill in the variables.
# Read the perldoc for more info on using SMTP.

my $smtp = Net::SMTP->new("$mailserver") or die $!;
$smtp->mail( $forward_from );
$smtp->to( $forward_to );
$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend($mailbody);
$smtp->dataend();
$smtp->quit();

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        Where $mailbody should contain the original header (starting with Received:) and body of the email, seperated by an extra /n.

        References: Answer: How do I send e-mail from my Perl Program? by Adam

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