LINE_MAX bytes - usually something like 2048 is the maximum length of an input line to mailx. This includes the "to" line. Check this for your system.
However, mail servers limit line size, and spam blockers may also stop messages like that. Since mail requests are processed asynchronously some code like this works:
assume that mail.txt is a list of email addresses -
The following is an extract from one of my Shell Scripts which uses uuencode and mailx to send an email with multiple attachements:
uuencode $LOG_REPORT $(basename $LOG_REPORT)
uuencode $HTML_FILE $(basename $HTML_FILE )
) | if
then mailx -b "$COPY_TO" -s "$SUBJECT" -r "$MAIL_FROM"... (2 Replies)
I am using a the following backup script to backup a server to USB.
USBBackupScript - RdiffBackupWiki
However I don't know python and would like to alter the script so I can send emails about the success or failure of the backup to multiple recipients.
I did do some research but the limit... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I am seeing some junk characters when I attach the second file, given below is the logic I used. Please help me resolving the issue.
( uuencode file1.txt file1.txt.lst && uuencode file2.txt file2.txt.lst ) > attachment.txt
cat body.txt attachment.txt > combinemail.txt
mailx -m... (7 Replies)
I am looking for a script that I can use with mailx to do the following:
1. Grab usernames from a flat file (one at a time)
2. Attach a file to the email and mail out.
Thanks.
Cubefeed (3 Replies)
I am writing a script to send an email of the result of the process but i cannot make the cc work correctly.
RECIP="abc@example.com def@example.com"
CC="ghi@example.com jkl@eaxmple.com"
mailx -s "testing" -c $CC $RECIP < inputfile.txt
Result:
To: abc@example.com; def@example.com;... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I use the following to send a mail :
sendmail -v someone@box.com < /appli/oracle/rap.txt
Can I give several mail address for destination ? How ?
For exemple :
sendmail -v someone@box.com, someone2@box.com, someone3@box.com < /appli/oracle/rap.txt
Thank you. (6 Replies)
I have created a shell scripts and wanted to email users multiple attachments using mailx. I noticed that when I do a man on mailx I see and -a option for attachments. When I run a:
mailx -s "test attachments" -a include_file -a exclude_file testuser@mydomain.com
(Interrupt -- one more to... (1 Reply)
I've figured out to do a mail merge with /usr/lib/sendmail which is extremely helpful as it is lightning fast compared to an Outlook mail merge which pretty much locks up my machine while it struggles to push out the emails. I figured out how to send html emails, with dynamic variables, and how... (8 Replies)
I am having trouble getting mailx to send multiple Bcc mails out without everyone in the list of recipients seeing everyone else's email addresses. I looked at the man pages of my system and seem to be following the syntax correctly, but the mails still go out as if I were just putting in a list of... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: legrandtimonier
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
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)