Aix mail from address

AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is a Unix-based operating system developed by IBM. To set up a mail from address in AIX, you'll need to configure your email client or use the mail command. Here are the steps:

Using the mail command:

  1. Open a terminal and type mail to start the mail client.
  2. Type set from <your_email_address> to set the from address. Replace <your_email_address> with your actual email address.
  3. Press Enter to save the changes.
  4. You can now compose and send emails using the mail command.

Using an email client:

  1. Install an email client like Mutt, Pine, or Elm on your AIX system.
  2. Configure the email client to use your email account. You'll need to provide your email address, username, password, and other settings.
  3. Set the from address in the email client's configuration file. For example, in Mutt, you can set the from address in the ~/.muttrc file by adding the following line: set from = "<your_email_address>".

Using the sendmail command:

  1. Install the sendmail package on your AIX system.
  2. Configure the sendmail daemon to use your email account. You'll need to create a sendmail.cf file and set the from address.
  3. Use the sendmail command to send emails. For example: sendmail -f <your_email_address> -t <recipient_email_address> <subject> <message>.

Here's an example sendmail.cf file:

# Set the from address
FromLine `F <your_email_address>`

# Set the relay host
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8

Replace <your_email_address> with your actual email address.

Remember to replace <your_email_address> with your actual email address in all the above examples.