Shell Programming and Scripting

what is the syntax for sending a subject ?

sendmail -t a@b.com

The person receives the mail with an empty subject!

the man pages dont give anything related to subject...anybody??

Check these links
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-...7/18/0000.html
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archiv...p/t-24414.html

Hi When i use the syntax given in the site ..i get a ">" after executing the below line

When i type the below and hit enter
cat <<content | sendmail -t a@b.com


I get this
cat <<content | sendmail -t a@b.com
>

and when i type in
cat <<content | sendmail -F Me -t a@b.com
>Subject:hello

I am getting the mail with the subject hello

but how do we input the subject using a script?


I am already using mail -s but the problem is it doesnt allow us to mention a from address :-(

If you have mailx installed, you can use the -r option.

Else...

Code:

$ SUBJECT="Testing some mail stuff"
$ cat << EoF | /usr/lib/sendmail -F me@here.com -t you@there.com
> Subject: $SUBJECT
> Testing stuff
> EoF

Cheers
ZB

I know this works when you type this in the command prompt..I can type my own body and its done..

My concern being the same cannot be reproduced if I put this in a script and want the body contents to be taken from a file

I have the contents in a file named text

And each time i execute the script sendmail should a send a mail with subject:testing and the contents from the file text

Code:

echo "Subject: Testing" | cat - text | /usr/lib/sendmail -F me@here.com -t you@there.com

Cheers
ZB

Why didnt i think of this :-)

Working Gr8! Thanks!