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03-18-2008

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Using mailx In A Function

All,

I have a ksh script running on HP-UX (B.11.23 U ia64) that calls mailx and works the way I want. But I am modifying my script so that it uses functions instead of processing in-line. When I moved the mailx stuff into a function, it won't send the mail. It hangs and I have to Ctrl-C to get out. I've moved this portion of the script to a separate file so I can test the mail stuff by itself, but it's not working. Any help is appreciated. Code:

sendtestemail()
{
SUBJECT="TEST .: HP-UX E-Mail Test :. TEST"
TO="me@mycompany.com"
USERS=$(grep @mycompany.com /dir1/dir2/addys | awk '$1 == "#CP" {print $2}')

echo "Sending e-mail request..."

mailx -s "$SUBJECT" "$TO" \<\<-EOT
"Test script; please ignore. Thanks!"

"*** NOTE ***"
"This is not a production script."
"A production script would have been e-mailed to the following users:"

"Users"
"----------------------------------"
"$USERS"

"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
"This e-mail was automatically generated by the ${0##*/} script on $(hostname). Please do not reply."
~.
EOT
}

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rcvpack

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

NAME

       rcvpack - append message to file

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/mh/rcvpack file [-mbox] [-mmdf] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       The rcvpack program will append a copy of the message to the file listed on its command line.

       If the -mbox switch is given (the default), then the messages are separated using mbox (uucp) style delimiters.	This is the format used by
       most mail clients (elm, mailx, etc.).

       If the -mmdf switch is given, then the messages are separated by mmdf style delimiters.	Each message in the  file  is  separated  by  four
       CTRL-A's and a newline.

       rcvpack will correctly lock and unlock the file to serialize access to the file, when running multiple copies of rcvpack .

       In general, its use is obsoleted by the file action of slocal, although it might still have occasional uses in various shell scripts.

FILES

       /etc/nmh/mts.conf	  nmh mts configuration file

SEE ALSO

       rcvdist(1), rcvstore(1), rcvtty(1), slocal(1)

BUGS

       Only two return codes are meaningful, others should be.

MH.6.8								   11 June 2012 							RCVPACK(1)

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