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c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: mail-from
Arg: <address>
Help: Mail from this address
Protocols: SMTP
Added: 7.20.0
Category: smtp
Multi: single
See-also:
  - mail-rcpt
  - mail-auth
Example:
  - --mail-from user@example.com -T mail smtp://example.com/
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# `--mail-from`

Specify a single address that the given mail should get sent from.