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Hi unix lovers,

I have some problem with using mailx. I want to send mail as per the instructions in a file. The mail does not reach to CC recepients.

To get a clearer picture, this is what I am typing on unix prompt.

$
$ mailx ashishp@suntech.com < mail.txt
$

And my mail.txt looks as below

$ cat mail.txt
~s testing
~c 'vganta@suntech.com,ajaygo@suntech.com'
This is just testing
$

I am using solaris.
$ uname -a
SunOS snvi003 5.8 Generic_117350-20 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240
$

I have checked with the man pages but could not find any useful info.

Any pointers would help.

thanks in advance..

-Ashish

to send mail to 'CC' receipients

mailx -c "<CC_address>" -s "<subject>" "<TO_Address>" < contents

this info is available in man mailx

Matrixmadan,

thanks for the reply. But the option -c and -s work properly when I give the CC list in the command line itself.
This is not true in my case. I have written the subject, CC list and contents in a file. If I use -s and -c in the file I get the mail as below

"
-s testing
-c 'vganta@sunteh.com,ajaygo@suntech.com'
This is just testing
"

i.e. I receive the cc list and the subject in the mail itself. The mail does not reach to CC recepients. If i use ~s and ~c in the file, subject line work properly. If there is one mail id in CC list it work properly. But if i use more mail ids in CC list no CC recepient get the mail.

Please advice how to get it worked.

-Ashish

i am sorry, still not clear with your problem

could you please give the file contents
and the command that you had tried,

that would help to easily analyze!

Matrixmadhan,

I am not able to send mail to CC recepients when there are multiple mail ids in CC list.
This is what I entered on unix prompt.

$ mailx ashishp@suntech.com < mail.txt


And my mail.txt looks as below

$ cat mail.txt
~s testing
~c 'vganta@suntech.com,ajaygo@suntech.com'
This is just testing
$

Note that ~s and ~c are part of my file above. Above I have used cat command to see the file.

Hope my question is clear.

-Ashish

having multiple receipients in CC,

use the following format,

Code:

mailx -c "`cat ccfile`" -s "sub" "RECEIPIENT_ID" < text

have the cc receipients list in cc file

>cat ccfile
abc@xyz.com
uvw@sdh.com

Hi Matrixmadhan,

thanks. it works.
I have found other way too. If cc list is given in a file there is no need of quote for multiple mail ids. Now my mail.txt look like

$ cat mail.txt
~s testing
~c vganta@suntech.com ajaygo@suntech.com
This is just testing
$

The quote in 2nd line are removed. The mail ids are separated by space.

Thanks a lot.

-Ashish