1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

When I try to use the CLI mail, I get the following error. What's wrong? Welcome to Darwin! % mail root Subject: test test . EOT % /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 81: fileclass: cannot open /etc/mail/local-host-names: Group writable directory Do I just need to change the... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am trying to write a script which emails the status of the job to the client. I am using bash script. I tried using mailx and the shell throws an error that 'command not found'. is mailx not supported in bash. Alternatively, is there any command that i can use for sending email in bash? ... (5 Replies)

3. Solaris

Dear All, Now I use solaris 10 and I try to forward mail from /var/mail/username to their external mail so what should I do? thank u in advance (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello , I want to send mail via bash script but i want to add from parameter for example i want to send to test@gmail.com and the sender will be test2@gmail.com Thanks for all (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Suppose i have a txt file that is the list of the addresses,something like: lala0045 john james lala0234 george james and i want to send an email to lala0045@blabla.com and lala0234@blabla.com,the same domain...what is the exact syntax i should use in my script? there is a command... (10 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm trying to create a small program to look at my isp and pull down the messages into individual text files. This is just a read only setup. I need to pull down the message and kill it on the server. I'm stuck here. I have experimented with a for string but it always fails. I was trying to use... (0 Replies)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

i have sun machines having solaris 9 & 10 OS . Now i need to send mail from the machines to my outlook account . I have the ip adress of OUTLOOK mail server. Now what are the setting i need to do in solaris machines so that i can use mailx or sendmail. actually i am trying to automate the high... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm putting together a fairly simple script, to check "secure.log" for content and email the results in a cron, nightly. The script runs fine upon manual execution, it's a problem when ran in cron. This is on a Mac server. Any thoughts? #!bin/bash #Email secure.log, nightly. Subject="Secure... (6 Replies)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I am having trouble getting mail to work on a red hat server. At first I was getting this message. Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; delivery temporarily suspended: connect to :25: Connection refused Then added the port to my firewall. Then I temporarily turned off selinux. I then copied this file... (1 Reply)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I have a sample script here I want to bold the word BOLD in the text and send through email. Tried several ways but not seems to working. BODY="Hello. I want to BOLD this" { echo "From: from@gmail.com" echo "To: to@gmail.com" echo "Subject: Texting" ... (1 Reply)