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Old 04-10-2007
How do I send email from command prompt?
hi all
How do I send email from command prompt?
i tried this
[root@localhost ~]# mutt -s "Test mail" -a /root/Desktop/email1.txt XXXXX@yahoo.co.in < /root/Desktop/email.txt
Error sending message, child exited 71 (Operating system error.).
Segmentation fault
[root@localhost ~]#
and also

root@localhost ~]# /bin/mail -s "what r u doing" "email id removed" < /root/Desktop/email.txt
/etc/mail/submit.cf: line 545: fileclass: cannot open '/etc/mail/trusted-users': World writable directory
[root@localhost ~]#


can you help me

thank you in advance
Last edited by blowtorch; 04-10-2007 at 06:24 AM.. Reason: remove email id.
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NAME

       mailto.conf - configuration file for cups email notifier

DESCRIPTION

       The mailto.conf file defines the local mail server and email notification preferences for CUPS.

       Each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Comment lines start with the # character.

DIRECTIVES

       Cc cc-address@domain.com
	    Specifies an additional recipient for all email notifications.

       From from-address@domain.com
	    Specifies the sender of email notifications.

       Sendmail sendmail command and options
	    Specifies  the  sendmail  command  to use when sending email notifications. Only one Sendmail or SMTPServer line may be present in the
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       SMTPServer servername
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       Subject subject-prefix
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