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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am trying to send an html file as an attachment from AIX server and recieve it using Outlook 2007 client. I tried every possible command, such as:
uuencode file file | mailx -s "subject" me@mydomain.com
uuencode -m file file | mailx -s "subject" me@mydomain.com
All of them give me:
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am using mailx command. It works fine. And the receiver gets 'From' information as MySelf@Sent_server. This 'Sent_server' is picked up from /etc/hosts - third alias for loghost (dev.abc.ltd). The entry is as under
11.22.33.44 dev_sys dev_system dev.abc.ltd loghost
The issue is that is there... (4 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a script that runs every night that is supposed to send a log file to a list of email addresses. When I run this command from the command prompt, it works successfully:
mailx -s "Filename to send" "`cat email.address`" < $outfile
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have some scripts that send out email alerts using mailx. the email looks like it is coming from the unix ID and server that is sending the email. I am wondering if there is a way through mailx to have the mail still look like it is coming from the unix id and server sending the message,... (3 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
HI,
Whenever I tried to send mail using mailx in unix (Solaris 5.9), from field is missing from email messages. In short, sender's email address is missing from message. Anybody has any idea why this is happening?
Thanks,
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello
in the middle of my sh script, I am using mailx like this:
mailx -s "Sybase Installation on $i" x@abc.com < /net/share/shared/install.output.$i
"i" stands for the remote server such as SIROE
I am expecting to receive an email with subject "Sybase Installation on SIROE" and... (2 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello there:
I want to send an e-mail from AIX using mailx.
I'm executing the following script (-> witch doesn't work's):
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#!/bin/sh
echo "<html><body><a href="http://www.myhomepage.com">Link</a></body></html>" >> LOG
sleep 5
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have this code below that works well. I also want to attach a logfile to the email. The first part of this code is the body of the email.
echo "The size of $dirname/$f1 size = $f1size, and $dirname/$f2 = $f2size'" | mailx -s "Error with file sizes on $HOST Server" xyz@company.com
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi--
My question is why won't this line of code work in the UNIX script that I'm running....
echo "A MESSAGE ON $todaysdate." | ${SYSBIN}/mailx -s "TEST EMAIL" email address (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: greenguy5
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hy all
One application has a script with this line :
/usr/bin/mailx -f..... - etc etc ....
is there any option to set the charset to various value while using mailx ??
thanks in advance
Olivier (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Olivier
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biff(1) General Commands Manual biff(1)
NAME
biff - Notifies users when mail arrives
SYNOPSIS
biff [y | n]
DESCRIPTION
The biff command informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session. The following
command enables notification: biff y
The following command disables notification: biff n
When mail notification is enabled, the From: and Subject: header lines and up to the first five lines of the message are displayed. The
total display is 560 characters, or seven lines terminated by newline characters, whichever occurs first.
The biff y command is often included in the $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file to be executed each time you log in.
The biff command operates asynchronously. For synchronous notification, use the MAIL variable of sh or ksh, or the mail variable of csh.
EXAMPLES
To display the current setting, enter: biff To be notified during the current terminal session whenever mail arrives, enter the following
in your $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file: biff y
FILES
Read by login shell (after login. User profile.
SEE ALSO
Commands: comsat(8), csh(1), ksh(1), mail(1), mailx(1), Bourne Shell sh(1b), POSIX Shell sh(1p)
biff(1)