Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all!!

Im using Ksh and working on Linux.

Im sending a mail to a mail_Id i have using the following code:

Code:

 
mutt -a file -s "some subject" $Mail_Id < Body.txt

I want to check whether the mail was actually sent or not. I tried the following code:

Code:

 
mutt -a file -s "some subject" $Mail_Id < Body.txt
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then 
........
else
........
fi

The problem is even if the mail id i give is wrong, $? is 0
I dont know how to check whether it was actually sent or not.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance !!

Hi,

You could check in /var/spool/mail/$username, as far as mutt goes - mutt is a lightweight mail client suitable for sending and reading mail.

However mutt does create temp files that will be deleted on a successfule send - these reside in /tmp and are usuall named "muttXXXXX" - you could test if it is still there which would indicate that it has not been sent.

Regards

Dave

@gull04

what do you mean by $username in /var/spool/mail/$username?
Im asking this because i dont use it in my code.

What do you mean by 'actually sent'?

If your emailer returns success and your mailserver isn't broken, it was probably sent.

Whether it actually reached its destination is another question. The only way to tell that is bounce messages, and if you get them at all they may take hours to days to arrive.