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Old 04-14-2007, 10:56 PM   #1
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How do I send a quick email via terminal

How would I send an email from terminal to an outside email address (not on local system) ?

In particular, how would I send a copy of a text file from /home to the outside email address?

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Old 04-14-2007, 11:31 PM   #2
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The sendEmail script is a handy tool for doing this.
 
Old 04-15-2007, 01:00 AM   #3
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You way want to check this one...

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_47_9017.shtm

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