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Old 09-18-2014
Mail not sent through terminal
The Mail not sent through terminal by using following command,
Code:
mail -s " check " upload.xxx@example.com> msg.txt

By listing the location of following ouputs,Please check this
Code:
 [root@edms032 ~]# ls -ld / /etc/ /etc/mail
  drwxr-xr-x  30 root root  4096 Sep 18 17:56 /
  drwxr-xr-x  89 root root 12288 Sep 18 17:58 /etc/
  drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep 13 15:43 /etc/mail
   

  [root@edms032 ~]# ls -l /etc/mail
  total 348
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root   331 Jun  9  2006 access
  -rw-r-----  1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 access.db
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Jun  9  2006 domaintable
  -rw-r-----  1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 domaintable.db
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root  5588 Jun  9  2006 helpfile
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root    64 Jun  9  2006 local-host-names
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Jun  9  2006 mailertable
  -rw-r-----  1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 mailertable.db
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root  1035 Jun  9  2006 Makefile
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 57999 Sep 13 13:24 sendmail.cf
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 58078 Feb 24  2009 sendmail.cf.bak
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root  6744 Jan 24  2011 sendmail.mc
  drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Feb 24  2009 spamassassin
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root 40271 Sep 13 14:14 submit.cf
  -r--r--r--  1 root root 41347 Jun  9  2006 submit.cf.bak
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root   952 Jun  9  2006 submit.mc
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root   128 Sep 12 19:44 trusted-users
  -rw-r--r--  1 root root     0 Jun  9  2006 virtusertable
  -rw-r-----  1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 virtusertable.db
   
[root@edms032 ~]# ls -al /etc/mail
  total 372
  drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Sep 13 15:43 .
  drwxr-xr-x  89 root root 12288 Sep 18 17:58 ..
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root   331 Jun  9  2006 access
  -rw-r-----   1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 access.db
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root     0 Jun  9  2006 domaintable
  -rw-r-----   1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 domaintable.db
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root  5588 Jun  9  2006 helpfile
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root    64 Jun  9  2006 local-host-names
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root     0 Jun  9  2006 mailertable
  -rw-r-----   1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 mailertable.db
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root  1035 Jun  9  2006 Makefile
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root 57999 Sep 13 13:24 sendmail.cf
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root 58078 Feb 24  2009 sendmail.cf.bak
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root  6744 Jan 24  2011 sendmail.mc
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Feb 24  2009 spamassassin
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root 40271 Sep 13 14:14 submit.cf
  -r--r--r--   1 root root 41347 Jun  9  2006 submit.cf.bak
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root   952 Jun  9  2006 submit.mc
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root   128 Sep 12 19:44 trusted-users
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root     0 Jun  9  2006 virtusertable
  -rw-r-----   1 root root 12288 Feb 24  2009 virtusertable.db

Last edited by vbe; 09-18-2014 at 09:41 AM.. Reason: code tags... & rm email tag
# 2  
Old 09-18-2014
Posted by kannansoft1985:
Quote:
The Mail not sent through terminal by using following command,
mail -s " check " upload.xxx@example.com > msg.txt
Hello kannansoft1985,

I think there is no need of using > operator here. Not sure are you trying to put the output to file? This can't be done. But if you want to see the logs for same you can navigate to /var/log and refer the maillog file(In Bash). But by default I guess only root has the read permissions for same.

If you simply want to send mail then.

Code:
mail -s " check " upload.xxx@example.com < msg.txt

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 3  
Old 09-18-2014
Sorry Ravinder typing mistake while I am posting,

I am also using only like this ,
Code:
mail -s " check " upload.xxx@example.com < msg.txt

Actually I am trying to send a mail through terminal ,But I can't send it .If it is possible please help me out of this problem.
Last edited by vbe; 09-18-2014 at 10:24 AM.. Reason: rm email tag + code tags
# 4  
Old 09-18-2014
Posted by kannansoft1985:
Quote:
Sorry Ravinder typing mistake while I am posting,

I am also using only like this ,

mail -s " check " upload.xxx@example.com < msg.txt

Actually I am trying to send a mail through terminal ,But I can't send it .If it is possible please help me out of this problem.
Hello kannansoft1985,
As a part of basic trouble shooting you can do the following.

1- You can check either server got recently rebooted recently or not by uptime.
2- You can then check the mail service by using ps -ef | grep mail command.
3- If above 2 optoins are fine then you can check the logs for mail in path /var/log/maillog : Mail server logs for same.

Kindly do these steps as a part of first step and let us know if this helps and you have any further queries.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 5  
Old 09-18-2014
Output :
Code:
[root@edms032 ~]# uptime  
18:38:11 up 42 min,  2 users,  load average: 0.09, 0.09, 0.06
   
  [root@edms032 ~]# ps -ef | grep mail 
root      6678     1  0 18:37 pts/1    00:00:00 send-mail -i upload.tirunelveli@licindia.com
root      6691  6642  0 18:38 pts/1    00:00:00 grep mail
   
  [root@edms032 ~]# tail -5 /var/log/maillog 
Sep 18 12:50:57 edms032 sendmail[8504]: My unqualified host name (edms032) unknown; sleeping for retry
 Sep 18 12:52:17 edms032 sendmail[8504]: unable to qualify my own domain name (edms032) -- using short name
 Sep 18 12:53:37 edms032 sendmail[8504]: s8I7MHtb008504: from=root, size=126, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201409180722.s8I7MHtb008504@edms032>, relay=root@localhost
 Sep 18 12:53:37 edms032 sendmail[8504]: s8I7MHtb008504: to=upload.tirunelveli@licindia.com, delay=00:01:20, mailer=esmtp, pri=30126, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued
 Sep 18 18:37:52 edms032 sendmail[6678]: My unqualified host name (edms032) unknown; sleeping for retry

# 6  
Old 09-18-2014
Posted by kannansoft1985:
Quote:
Output :
Code:
[root@edms032 ~]# uptime 18:38:11 up 42 min, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.09, 0.06 [root@edms032 ~]# ps -ef | grep mail root 6678 1 0 18:37 pts/1 00:00:00 send-mail -i upload.tirunelveli@licindia.comroot 6691 6642 0 18:38 pts/1 00:00:00 grep mail [root@edms032 ~]# tail -5 /var/log/maillog Sep 18 12:50:57 edms032 sendmail[8504]: My unqualified host name (edms032) unknown; sleeping for retry Sep 18 12:52:17 edms032 sendmail[8504]: unable to qualify my own domain name (edms032) -- using short name Sep 18 12:53:37 edms032 sendmail[8504]: s8I7MHtb008504: from=root, size=126, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201409180722.s8I7MHtb008504@edms032>, relay=root@localhost Sep 18 12:53:37 edms032 sendmail[8504]: s8I7MHtb008504: to=upload.tirunelveli@licindia.com, delay=00:01:20, mailer=esmtp, pri=30126, dsn=4.4.3, stat=queued Sep 18 18:37:52 edms032 sendmail[6678]: My unqualified host name (edms032) unknown; sleeping for retry
Hello kannansoft1985,

I am pretty much sure like you need to check your /etc/hosts file(Bash) and make sure it has all the correct entries like example as follows. ip.add.re.ss oracle oracle.mydomainname.com Hope this helps.

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 7  
Old 09-18-2014
Please check this host file and find out what the problem is,
Code:
cat /etc/hosts
#My Host File
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that requires network functionality will fail
10.66.62.28        edms032   032
127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain  localhost

 
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