03-13-2007
mail
I am having a few problems using the mail command. I have a user account on a remote Unix system that I access from my home system using ssh. When I am at home I open a terminal on this remote system via ssh and I then use the mail command to send email, this works. However when I execute the same command from a terminal on my home system, the email does not arrive in the recipients mailbox. The mail command seems to function OK on my system, but it does not seem to send mail. I know that a terminal on my home system has access to an Internet connection as I execute ssh from it and this works. Why is mail not sending emails from my system? Do you have to somehow configure mail before you use it? The many online turorials for mail I have found mention only how to send and receive mail, none mention any configuration requirements for the mail program.
Last edited by enuenu; 03-14-2007 at 02:52 AM..
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uuencode
uuencode(1c) uuencode(1c)
Name
uuencode, uudecode - encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail
Syntax
uuencode [file] remotedest | mail sys1!sys2!..!decode
uudecode [file]
Description
The and commands are used to send a binary file by uucp (or other) mail. This combination can be used over indirect mail links even when
is not available.
The command takes the named source file (default standard input) and produces an encoded version on the standard output. The encoding uses
only printing ASCII characters, and includes the mode of the file and the remotedest for recreation on the remote system.
The command reads an encoded file, strips off any leading and trailing lines added by mailers, and recreates the original file with the
specified mode and name.
The intent is that all mail to the user ``decode'' should be filtered through the program. This way the file is created automatically
without human intervention. This is possible on the uucp network by either using or by making be a link to instead of In each case, an
alias must be created in a master file to get the automatic invocation of
If these facilities are not available, the file can be sent to a user on the remote machine who can uudecode it manually.
The encode file has an ordinary text form and can be edited by any text editor to change the mode or remote name.
Restrictions
The file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus control information) causing it to take longer to transmit.
The user on the remote system who is invoking (often must have write permission on the specified file.
See Also
mail(1), uucp(1c), uusend(1c), uux(1c), uuencode(5)
uuencode(1c)