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# 1  
Old 08-07-2007
syntax of mailx
Hi,

I have written a code :

mailx -s "FOR TESTING" "abcd@yahooo.com"

but it is not running and not giving any error msg and also not sending
any mail. It takes infinite time.

Please help me.
# 2  
Old 08-07-2007
Check whether your inputs are correct.

If not you can use the mailx command like

Code:
mailx -s "FOR TESTING" "abcd@yahoo.com" <<EOF
This is going to be body of the mail 

EOF

or

Code:
echo "This is going to be body of the mail" |mailx -s "FOR TESTING" "abcd@yahoo.com"

# 3  
Old 08-07-2007
its work.

Thanks.
# 4  
Old 08-07-2007
also you can do really clever stuff like so, send an attachment and run some commands

Code:
mailx -s hello bill@blah.com <<EOF
`uuencode file file`

find the file attached on
`date`
cksum should be 
`cksum file`

EOF

note the uuencode should really be the first line and have no spaces
before it
# 5  
Old 03-31-2008
Solution
Try using following command -

mailx -ms "FOR TESTING" "abcd@yahooo.com"

Quote:
Originally Posted by rinku
Hi,

I have written a code :

mailx -s "FOR TESTING" "abcd@yahooo.com"

but it is not running and not giving any error msg and also not sending
any mail. It takes infinite time.

Please help me.
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