#this script sends a fake e-mail # # from the person defined as # FROM="[email protected]" # #to the person defined as # TO="[email protected]" # #the subject of the e-mail will be this SUBJECT="the stinking subject of e-mail" # #the next line contains a CNTL/J by its self #a CNTL/J is a LINEFEED (not a carrage return) #a CNTL/J can also be defined with hex=0A, octal=012 , decimal=10 #the CNTL/J is used by the sendmail program to figure out the #end of the letter in conjuction with the # .LF LF=' ' # #echo the letter and pipe it to the sendmail program # note: sendmail often lives in a different library # besides # /usr/lib/sendmail # #you must have 2 blank lines after the subject or it wont work # echo "TO: $TO FROM: $FROM Subject: $SUBJECT the body of the letter or fake e-mail goes here the body of the letter or fake e-mail goes here the body of the letter or fake e-mail goes here the body of the letter or fake e-mail goes here the body of the letter or fake e-mail goes here .$LF" | /usr/lib/sendmail -t # #word to the wize while the e-mail will appear to be #sent by the person in the from line the e-mail can #be traced back to the orginal sender. so dont send #out e-mails you would not want traced back to you.