Mail command works on one server but not on other
 

Hi Guys,

mail command to attach a file works on one linux server machine. but the same command does not work on the other. May i know what can be the problem.

If any server settings to be done. what can be those.

Do you think it might be worth giving the exact commands, plus distro, error message, log output, etc?

The command is as follows:


cat mailbody.txt | mail -s <<subject>> -a <<filetoattach>> <<emailid>>

It gives following Message:
mail: invalid option -- a
Usage: mail [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ...
[- sendmail-options ...]
mail [-iInNv] -f [name]
mail [-iInNv] [-u user]

The server details are :
Linux kalam.in.vistaar.com 2.6.9-55.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 16:36:54 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The mail command does not have the -a option. I believe this is mutt or nail. With mail/mailx, you need to do your own encoding (eg: uuencode or mime encode).

Yep nail: http://linux.die.net/man/1/nail