[SOLVED] How to send email to my yahoo account from command line?

uk.engr · 05-08-2012, 05:25 AM

Assalam o Alaikum.

Dear all, I want to send email from my command line to my yahoo account. I am trying following command but nothing happens. I mean no email received on my yahoo account also no error message display.

[root@Zohaib zohaib_shaikh]# mail -s “Helloworld” uk.engr@yahoo.com
This is my First Email form command line
EOT
[root@Zohaib zohaib_shaikh]#

No success. Please guide me thanks.

pixellany · 05-08-2012, 06:02 AM

Is the "mail" program intended to go outside the local system? I just skimmed the man page, and I don't see how one would specify outgoing and incoming servers.

uk.engr · 05-08-2012, 06:09 AM

Yes I want to send email to Yahoo account (WAN) from my local network/system (LAN).

pixellany · 05-08-2012, 06:18 AM

OK---how would you specify the incoming and outgoing servers used by your ISP?---I don't see anything about this in the "mail" manpage.

the_gripmaster · 05-08-2012, 07:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uk.engr

Assalam o Alaikum.

Dear all, I want to send email from my command line to my yahoo account. I am trying following command but nothing happens. I mean no email received on my yahoo account also no error message display.

[root@Zohaib zohaib_shaikh]# mail -s “Helloworld” uk.engr@yahoo.com
This is my First Email form command line
EOT
[root@Zohaib zohaib_shaikh]#

No success. Please guide me thanks.

Try sending through telnet by connecting to one of yahoo's MX servers.

pixellany · 05-08-2012, 08:43 AM

I've done a bit more research---I found references to configuring the servers as part of the ~/.mailrc file. Then I noted that my machine does not have this file.

Curiously, a lot of the stuff on "mail" that google finds does not discuss the .mailrc file at all.

???

pixellany · 05-08-2012, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_gripmaster

Try sending through telnet by connecting to one of yahoo's MX servers.

I thought that "telnet" was a protocol for remote login to another computer (one where you have privileges). How does this relate to sending mail?

lithos · 05-08-2012, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pixellany

I thought that "telnet" was a protocol for remote login to another computer (one where you have privileges). How does this relate to sending mail?

Like this.

good luck

PS. If you're on a Dynamic IP address range (ex. from your ISP) then almost all mail services (servers) will refuse it.

pixellany · 05-08-2012, 06:51 PM

Clever!!--But, to be precise, does not address the OP's question (wants to use the "mail" utility)

lithos · 05-09-2012, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by uk.engr

Assalam o Alaikum.

Dear all, I want to send email from my command line to my yahoo account. I am trying following command but nothing happens. I mean no email received on my yahoo account also no error message display.

[root@Zohaib zohaib_shaikh]# mail -s “Helloworld” uk.engr@yahoo.com
This is my First Email form command line
EOT
[root@Zohaib zohaib_shaikh]#

No success. Please guide me thanks.

What is your system OS (RHEL, Ubuntu ...)
and
which MTA is it using (sendmail, postfix ..) ?

It will be easier to help you if you can provide some server's info.

chrism01 · 05-09-2012, 08:02 PM

Code:

(uname -n)|mail  -s "Test email" x@somewhere.com

basically works for me, although I usually use mailx.
I haven't tried sending it to yahoo; as above if you're on a dynamic addr, the ISP may block it.

frankbell · 05-09-2012, 09:20 PM

In his podcast episode 5x06, Klaatu discussed setting up using Linux to do just what OP is asking.

You can find it towards the bottom of this page: http://gnuworldorder.info/index5.html (he does not provide a link to the specific episode).

uk.engr · 05-10-2012, 01:54 AM

Alhumdulillah! Following command perfectly works. Actually I received email in spam and little late so I understood that it doesn't work but actually it perfectly works

mailx -s “Success” uk.engr@yahoo.com