If mutt is available, that offers a richer set of options, and the ability to sensibly include attachments to the message, with basically the same syntax.
Sendmail works the same way, too, but you need to put the headers in the message yourself.
This is a FAQ; if you need more help, please search this site for threads related to your problem.
Hi
Is there any way to use UNIX and Perl to automate sending e-mail. I got a dynamic changing file that send out to people in my mailing list and want to experinment to see if Perl and UNIX can send it out for me when the content is change. I found a Perl source code but dont really know how to... (4 Replies)
Hi, I am trying to send mail in ubuntu. I have installed postfix. In Redhat I could just type:
mail name@domain.com
I get the error that the command mail is not found. Does anyone know if there is a different command line to send mail? Can I install the command?
Thanks,
Eric (1 Reply)
I apoligize for the cross-post but I'm not getting much in the way of help in the dummies forum:
I'm trying to script sending an e-mail message on an AIX 5.x server with the following requirements:
1. command line switch to specify file name containing message body in HTML format
2. command... (3 Replies)
Hi ,
I am new to unix , i am using the mail and mailx command to send the mail .How come i will know the my mail command using which server as mail box..
Please help me ..
Thanks in advance (1 Reply)
Hi,
How would one send an email from the command line. Just a simple email. I used mailx -s "test" address@server.domain then hit enter.
Nothing happens then, I hit Ctrl + C twice, then I can start a new command again.
Any help? Tips? I did read up on this, but the examples is much more... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I'm having a problem with my mail. When I send mail, it takes a long time for the send to complete.
In the below, datestamp is just a simple script to put in a no-white-space date/time stamp.
$ datestamp ; mail woodnt; datestamp
02-05-10@193844
Subject: test
timer
Cc: ... (0 Replies)
Hi All;
I need to send emails from command line in some of my shell scripts.
I tried : mail -s "Subject" member@body.com < testfile
where test file contains body of the mail
This work on my mac computer at work BUT not on my mac laptop.
Does anyone have any ideas why?
Thanks
Walforum (1 Reply)
Hi list,
I need a POP3 mail client which I can use from the command line within a bash shell script to download email to a folder location. Can anyone recommend a good POP3 client which can be used from the command line in bash?
Using redhat enterprise linux 5 and 6.
thanks,
Land (2 Replies)
Hi ,
Am trying to send mail using the mail command, but the mail command is working but its not sending automatically after pressing .(dot) in the command prompt it sends . How to achieve that. Also it showing the below line after pressing the dot .
/home/abc1/dead.letter... Saved message in... (5 Replies)
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
The function will be called m and it will allow you to send an email to someone using the mail command. The... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
sensible-mda
SENSIBLE-MDA(8) System Manager's Manual SENSIBLE-MDA(8)NAME
sensible-mda - a generic local MDA router for Debian systems
SYNOPSIS
sensible-mda from to detail client-addr
DESCRIPTION
sensible-mda is used to simplify the installation and configuration of sendmail(8) , or other MTAs for use on Debian systems. With sensi-
ble-mda, sendmail can support a plethora of MDAs (procmail, maildrop, deliver, etc.) without having pick any one of them as required.
FUNCTION
sensible-mda is called by sendmail as a local mailer when the following exists in sendmail.mc:
define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `sensible-mda $g $u $h ${client_addr}')dnl
sensible-mda will look for the following MDAs (in this order), and pass the mail on to the first SUID MDA found (Or first found MDA, if run
w/euid=root): procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)OPTIONS
Available command line options are the following:
from The sender of this email (sendmail $g variable)
to The recipient of this email (sendmail $u variable)
detail The detail portion of the recipient userid (sendmail $h variable) - ie:
cowboy+sendmail@debian.org
client-addr
TCP/IP address of the sender (sendmail ${client_addr} variable) Not used (for the nonce)
FILES
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
actual sendmail configuration file (treated as a binary file)
SEE ALSO sendmail(8), procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)BUGS
None known so far.
AUTHOR
Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>
HISTORY 4th Berkeley Distribution October 21 1999 SENSIBLE-MDA(8)