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# 1  
Old 08-30-2008
Bug How to mail in command line.
Hi
Can any one guide me how to mail in ssh command terminal with help of mutt or sendmail command from a proxy client machine . My proxy server is using squid proxy.
# 2  
Old 09-01-2008
Most flavours of Unix have a mail or mailx command which you can use like this:

Code:
mail -s "a subject" recipient@example.com << HERE
some email body
HERE

# 3  
Old 09-01-2008
If mutt is available, that offers a richer set of options, and the ability to sensibly include attachments to the message, with basically the same syntax.

Sendmail works the same way, too, but you need to put the headers in the message yourself.

Code:
sendmail -oi -t <<HERE
From: user@example.net
To: recipient@example.com
Subject: AYBABTU

All your base are belong to us
HERE

This is a FAQ; if you need more help, please search this site for threads related to your problem.
# 4  
Old 09-01-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by era
If mutt is available, that offers a richer set of options, and the ability to sensibly include attachments to the message, with basically the same syntax.

Sendmail works the same way, too, but you need to put the headers in the message yourself.

Code:
sendmail -oi -t <<HERE
From: user@example.net
To: recipient@example.com
Subject: AYBABTU

All your base are belong to us
HERE

This is a FAQ; if you need more help, please search this site for threads related to your problem.
you have some ways to send files with mail/mailx
# 5  
Old 09-01-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by broli
you have some ways to send files with mail/mailx
You can try like:

Code:
mail user@domain.com -c cc_user@domain.dom -s "Subject line" < filename

# 6  
Old 09-01-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by dennis.jacob
You can try like:

Code:
mail user@domain.com -c cc_user@domain.dom -s "Subject line" < filename

i was talking about

(echo "Body of e mail"; uuencode <list of files> ) | mailx -s "Subject of email" mail@addres
# 7  
Old 09-01-2008
uuencode only accepts one file at a time, so you may need multiple uuencode commands or a for loop. The first optional parameter is the name of the local file, and the second paramater is the name given to the attachment. They are both assumed to be the same if only one parameter is given.
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