Re: smartd: test email bounces under certain conditions due to improper from:-statement

Mark Neugebauer wrote:
> Hello to all,
> when booting the system or restarting smartd (service smartmontools 
> restart) an email is sent - but this email lacks a proper 
> from:-statement and is rejected by the mail provider (bounce). But, 
> when I just type 'smartd' at the command line a test email is sent as 
> expected with a correct from:-statement and message body.
> Version: 6.3 armhf backport for Wheezy
> /etc/smartd.conf is configured to send test emails.

Please provide this smartd.conf line.

By default, Debian specific scripts are used to run the 'mail' command:
Smartd runs /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner which runs less 
/etc/smartmontools/run.d/10mail which runs /usr/bin/mail.

> /etc/default/smartmontools is configured to start smartd
> Any hints apprechiated!

Check the configuration of the installed package providing the 'mail' 
command. To check which command is used, try:

$ update-alternatives --display mailx

or

$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/mail

Thanks,
Christian


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