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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Does Mailx store the mails sent Post 302072594 by RTM on Thursday 4th of May 2006 09:24:31 AM
Old 05-04-2006
Mailx doesn't 'store' sent mail. Check your /etc/syslog.conf to see if you are collecting mail related messages (and where they are going). Look for 'mail.info', 'mail.*', or *.* and the associated file.

If you are getting mail related messages, check for the times/sender/receipent in the logs - get the associated msg and the status.

Your mailx may have a -F option to record the message after the first receipent but it doesn't provide much info (as far as the info you need to 'track' the status). Plus, you may have an issue with disk space after a while as the file keeps building.

Check email queue with mailq command - that will show if mail is getting hung up for some reason - check your sendmail configuration with
/usr/lib/sendmail -d0.1 -bt < /dev/null
Fix any errors it finds.
Last edited by RTM; 05-04-2006 at 10:30 AM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT OSF1

from

from(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   from(1)

NAME

       from - Shows whom mail messages are from

SYNOPSIS

       from [-s sender] [user]

       The from command prints out the mail header lines in your mailbox file.

OPTIONS

       Prints headers for mail sent by sender.	Specifies a mail spool directory.

	      Use this flag if you want to examine a mailbox in a directory other than /usr/spool/mail, which is the system default.

DESCRIPTION

       If user is specified, then user's mailbox is examined instead of your own.

EXAMPLES

       To display the message headings in your mailbox, enter: from

	      The  names  of  the  senders and the message dates are displayed.  To display the message headings for mail sent by a specific user,
	      enter: from -s dale

	      Displays only the message headings of the messages sent from user dale.  To display the message headings in a specific user's  mail-
	      box, enter: from dawn

	      The message headings from user dawn's mailbox are displayed, provided you have read permission for dawn's mailbox.

FILES

       User mailbox files.

SEE ALSO

       Commands:  biff(1), mail(1), mailx(1)

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