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# 1  
Old 10-05-2011
Question [Solved] Problem with mail commands & format
1.
I generated a log for the script.
log:
Code:
abc
def
ghi
ijk

If I use general (plain text) format for mail sending, it was displaying correctly with new lines where I have.
Eg:
Code:
abc
def
ghi
ijk

But I tried with HTML format using the code:
Code:
outputFile="sample.log"  
(  
echo "From: abc@exapmle.com"  
echo "To: def@example.com"  
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"  
echo "Subject: Test"   
echo "Content-Type: text/html"   
cat $outputFile  
) | sendmail -t

The mail was like a continous lines, but in HTML format. No breaks in lines.
Eg:
Code:
abc def ghi ijk

2.
Also whats wrong in :
Code:
mail -r abc@example.com -s "Test Subject" def@example.com  < $log

showing error:
mail: Options MUST PRECEDE persons
# 2  
Old 10-05-2011
1-)change to echoes like this in your html fmt
Code:
(  
echo "<br>From: abc@exapmle.com<br/>"  
echo "To: def@example.com"  
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"  
echo "Subject: Test"   
echo "Content-Type: text/html"   
) | sendmail -t

2-)try like this
Code:
mail -s "Test Subject" def@example.com <$log -- -f 'abc@example.com'

regards
ygemici
# 3  
Old 10-05-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ygemici
1-)
2-)try like this
Code:
mail -s "Test Subject" def@example.com <$log -- -f 'abc@example.com'

regards
ygemici
Same error:
mail: Options MUST PRECEDE persons

I am using Sun OS
# 4  
Old 10-05-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by karumudi7
Same error:
mail: Options MUST PRECEDE persons

I am using Sun OS
try change "mail" to "maix"
Code:
# mailx -s "Test Subject" def@example.com <$log -- -f 'abc@example.com'

# 5  
Old 10-05-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by ygemici
try change "mail" to "maix"
Code:
# mailx -s "Test Subject" def@example.com <$log -- -f 'abc@example.com'


Even mailx was also showing the same error.

The following is accepting:
Code:
mail -s "Sample Test" abc@example.com <  $log

Smilie

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# 6  
Old 10-06-2011
Use "pre" tag in html to show your content. It will process the line breaks. Otherwise, you need to convert the "\n" to "<br>".

The code will look like this:

Code:
outputFile="sample.log"  
(  
echo "From: abc@exapmle.com"  
echo "To: def@example.com"  
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"  
echo "Subject: Test"   
echo "Content-Type: text/html"   
echo ""
echo "<html><body><pre>"
cat $outputFile  
echo "</pre></body></html>"
) | sendmail -t

Last edited by MacMonster; 10-06-2011 at 01:48 PM.. Reason: Fixed some typos.
This User Gave Thanks to MacMonster For This Post:
karumudi7
# 7  
Old 10-07-2011
MySQL
Quote:
Originally Posted by MacMonster
Use "pre" tag in html to show your content. It will process the line breaks. Otherwise, you need to convert the "\n" to "<br>".
Many thanks.... Its worked.
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