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# 1  
Old 12-27-2005
Data how to send mail in unix

Dear friends,

I want to send mail automatically like (crontab).

I have tried with mail command but it it not working.

mail -s "hello" xyz@yahoo.com.

please help.
# 2  
Old 12-27-2005
try this

mailx -s "hello" xyz@yahoo.com

its working fine in Sun OS 5.8

Regards
Raju
# 3  
Old 12-27-2005
Data

I tried your code.

my system os was linux.

my /usr/bin dir mailx command was not there. only mail command was there.

so now how to send mail

please help

regards
rajan
# 4  
Old 12-28-2005
Bug

try this

mailx -s "hello" xyz@yahoo.com

its working fine in Sun OS 5.8



i don know its working or not
but i do like this: mailx -s "tuxedo is working fine" xxx@xxx.com

prompt does not return;
how much time should it take to send a mail?

i stopped it since it was taking a lot of time...

my O.S is Sun OS 5.8 too


any comments
Regards
Abhijeet
# 5  
Old 12-28-2005
Dear abhijit,

I have tried your code.

mailx -s "hello" xyz@yahoo.com

but the error mailx command was not found was coming.

my os was linux.

how to solve this problem.


regards
rajan
# 6  
Old 12-28-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by abhijeetkul
try this

mailx -s "hello" xyz@yahoo.com

its working fine in Sun OS 5.8



i don know its working or not
but i do like this: mailx -s "tuxedo is working fine" xxx@xxx.com

prompt does not return;
how much time should it take to send a mail?

i stopped it since it was taking a lot of time...

my O.S is Sun OS 5.8 too


any comments
Regards
Abhijeet

since you had not specified the input to the mailx the command is waiting on your standard input
and waiting on a read for ever.

use,

mailx -s <subject> <address> < <file>

i believe the same had been discussed many times.
# 7  
Old 12-28-2005
I have tried your code,

but the mailx command was not found was coming.

what should i do.

regards
rajan
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