Shell Programming and Scripting

hi,

i am using mailx command and i need to check if the email is send or not.

Code:

mailx -s "Sub A" -a "ACB SD.txt" abc@ab
if ( $? != 0 ) then;
echo "fail"
else
echo "pass"
fi

Everytime it gives pass only. In the above example since i have not given correct email id.

Hi ATWC,

you can't use mailx for that, because mailx has no information if the mail was successfully send or not because it inject the mail direct in your MTA and he accept the mail. So you will get everytime success.

You must try to send your mail like using

Code:

sendmail

directly.

Regards,
xabbu

hi xabbu,

Can you please let me know the syntax for sendmail for the above mailx command.

Thanks
ATWC

Hi ATWC,

I'm sorry but I've checked again without success to send mail from command line.
I got always a success.

I tried bash and python.

The User who is running the script will get an "Mail Undelivermail" in his inbox.
Maybe you can set an alias and redirect to your account so you can see it in your emails.

The only untested way: try to send the mail direct via

Code:

telnet

and

Code:

expect

.
I've no code for that sorry.

Regards,
xabbu

Do you have privileges to check the system logs? In there, you'll find lines like

Code:

Feb 15 23:02:52 hostname postfix/local[636]: 18B5E72CF: to=<abc@ab>. . .  status=sent . . .

, depending on your MTA. Or sth like status=deferred or other failure info. This does of course not include any delivery / read status.