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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Mail/Xmail doesn't work on Solaris 10 Post 302127066 by EugeneG on Monday 16th of July 2007 05:23:31 AM
Old 07-16-2007
Mail/Xmail doesn't work on Solaris 10
Hi again everyone.

I have recently installed Solaris 10 on a server. Everything seems to work fine (users can be added and can log in, internet connectivity works, etc). However I'm struggling to get mail or mailx to work.

Say there are two users on my server, Bob and Mary. Server hostname is, say, Solar10. When Bob is logged in, he should be able to type "mail Mary", then text, then Ctrl+D, and the message should be send (or, alternatively, type mailx Mary, then subject, then body, then Ctrl+D).

Well, everything seems to work except for the actual mail part.

When using "mail", Bob can type the command "mail Mary", then start typing the body. However, when pressing Ctrl+D, it just enters the ^D sequence but does not actually send the message or terminate the typing session. Bob can still press enter and go to a new mail line, as if he didn't press Ctrl+D. This continues until Bob just presses Ctrl+C which breaks out of mail without sending it.

With "mailx", it's different, but doesn't work either. Bob can type "mailx Mary", then subject, then body, then Ctrl+D. This time, Ctrl+D results in console output "EOT" and returns to shell. So it would seem fine, right? Except that Mary never got the message. Typing either "mail" or "mailx" from Mary's console results in "No Mail" message.

I tried sending from Bob to "Mary", to "Mary@Solar10", or even to my real email address, and nothing works.

Maybe there's something I need to configure? I didn't touch any mail config settings after installing Solaris 10, and I didn't find any guides online that would instruct me how and if it is required.

I did not install any custom software like the Pine suite. All I'm using is the default tools provided with a full Solaris 10 install. The man pages do show up, however, for both mail and mailx.

Thanks for your help.
 

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mhmail

MHMAIL(1)                                                            [nmh-1.5]                                                           MHMAIL(1)

NAME

       mhmail - send or read mail

SYNOPSIS

       mhmail [addrs ...]  [-body text] [-cc addrs ...]  [-from addr] [-subject subject] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       mhmail  is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley mail program (mail or mailx), which is compatible with nmh.  This program is
       intended for the use of programs such as cron, which expect to send mail automatically to various users.  It is also used  by  various  nmh
       commands  to  mail  various  error  notifications.  Although mhmail can be used interactively, it is recommended that comp and send be used
       instead to send messages.

       When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes inc to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.  When  one  or  more  users  is
       specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to a temporary file.  mhmail then invokes post with the name of the tempo-
       rary file as its argument to deliver the message to the specified user.

       The -subject subject switch can be used to specify the "Subject:" field of the message.

       By default, mhmail will read the message to be sent from the standard input.  You can specify the text of the message at the  command  line
       with  the  -body text switch.  If the standard input has zero length, mhmail will not send the message.  You can use the switch -body "" to
       force an empty message.

       Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the "To:" field.  If the -cc switch is used, all addresses following it are placed in
       the "cc:" field.

       By using -from addr, you can specify the "From:" header of the draft.  Naturally, post will fill-in the "Sender:" header correctly.

FILES

       /usr/bin/mh/inc            Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
       /usr/lib/mh/post           Program to deliver a message
       /tmp/mhmail*               Temporary copy of message

SEE ALSO

       inc(1), post(8)

DEFAULTS

       None

CONTEXT

       If inc is invoked, then inc's context changes occur.

MH.6.8                                                             11 June 2012                                                          MHMAIL(1)
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