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Old 01-19-2011
Mailx hanging problem

Hi all,

I issued the following
Code:
mailx -s "TEST" <mail>

However it just hang there. Smilie
How do i diagnose why it behave like this?

Thanks.

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No reply on this. Any help will be appreciated. I'm using Solaris 9.
# 2  
Old 01-19-2011
you are missing contents or message body.

Try this:
Code:
mailx -s "TEST" <mail> < /tmp/body.dat


Hope this helps.
# 3  
Old 01-19-2011
Alternatively for testing you can type the message at the keyboard and end the message with a ctrl/D character.
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