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Old 07-18-2009
Mail in bash
I'm reading about the mail program right now -- but there doesn't seem to be a lot in the book I'm reading. Does it work the same as, say, Apple Mail? In other words, can I use it to send a message over the net to another computer, or does it only work between two machines running Unix? (if I asked that correctly)
# 2  
Old 07-20-2009
mail, mailx, and sendmail will send email locally and to internet-wide addresses - if configured correctly.
# 3  
Old 07-22-2009
Can you tell me how to configure it so I can send mail to others over the net?

Apple mail may be more convenient, but I'd like to learn about this as much as I can. The book I have doesn't really talk about configuring it -- only a page or so about mail variables.
# 4  
Old 07-22-2009
Apple Mail is mail program like Outlook or Thunderbird, it's GUI based Smilie. Mac OS has mail, and can be used from Terminal and in scripts. Open terminal and type:
Code:
mail

# 5  
Old 07-23-2009
what i meant was - how do i send mail from the terminal? I typed man mail, but I have to say I'm not familiar with the terms and not sure how to proceed.

I've tried mail [email address] entered a subject and tried to send the message to my gmail account (which I can download with apple mail), but nothing.
# 6  
Old 07-23-2009
Straitsfan:

Try the following:

Code:
mailx -s "email subject" emailaddresstosendto@domain.tld <<< "email message"

Last edited by drewrockshard; 07-23-2009 at 01:57 PM.. Reason: Placed code tags around command since I forgot initially
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Old 07-23-2009
Type exactly as you instructed, correct? I tried that and got nothing.

I'm guessing that maybe I need to create a file or configure something?
 
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