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# 1  
Old 02-13-2010
Sending email from Unix
I am using the following syntax to send an e-mail from Unix (Sun OS).

mail -s "hello" abc@yahoo.com

But, when I click enter after typing this command, its not exiting and after a while when I give ctrl+c it creates a dead.letter file in my $HOME dir. Can anyone please tell me, if I have to check for any other configuration to see if I could send an e-mail from my unix server or not.
# 2  
Old 02-14-2010
The mail program is waiting for input.

Check the manpage.

Quote:
When recipients are named, mail
assumes a message is being sent. It reads from the standard input up to
an end-of-file (Control-d) or, if reading from a terminal device, until
it reads a line consisting of just a period.
Code:
$ mail -s "hello" me@somewhere.com
test
.
EOT

Code:
echo test | mail -s "hello" me@somewhere.com

# 3  
Old 02-15-2010
Thanks for ur reply. But now I am getting the following error.. :-(

stdin: Value too large for defined data type

Can u pls help me to handle this
# 4  
Old 02-15-2010
Code:
echo "test" | mail  -s "hello" me@somewhere.com

# 5  
Old 02-15-2010
There is no "-s" switch to "mail". Shouldn't we be using "mailx" ?

Code:
echo "test" | mailx  -s "hello" me@somewhere.com

# 6  
Old 02-15-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
There is no "-s" switch to "mail". Shouldn't we be using "mailx" ?

Code:
echo "test" | mailx  -s "hello" me@somewhere.com

"mail" and "mailx" are synonyms.
# 7  
Old 02-15-2010
mail and mailx are not synonymous in unix though some versions of SUNOS do interpret the "-s" switch.
We could do with knowing the exact Operating System version. This might even be a Berkeley SUNOS?
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