How to send an e-mail with the command line?
 

Hello everybody :-)

I'm new with mail servers and I want to send a simple mail from my terminal and I need some help...

I'm using opensuse and a Know that I have postfix installed...

I don't know what I need configure first...

I know that I need a SMTP server to send e-mails write?

When I try send e-mail with the command mail I received this message :

mailq:

I was reading about fetchmail But I can't understand....

I don't want only de answer.. I want a help to know what I need to study first. :-)

Thanks in advanced

Short answer:

If your local mail server is Postfix, then you should be able to configure it to forward mail to a remote SMTP server by editing main.cf, like this:
If you're using sendmail, the file would be "/etc/mail/relay-domains"

Here are more details for Postfix:
http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html

...the long answer being that Hotmail forces SenderID, a mcrsft-assimilated derivative of SPF.

Actually, the "long answer" can get VERY long :)

I just wanted to make sure the OP covered the "basics" before delving into more detail. There are a LOT of things that can go wrong.

Here are two good links:

Controlling E-Mail Spam

You Might Be an Anti-Spam Kook If...

professorgenival -

1. Your "mail -s" syntax should work fine

2. The main issue is that you need to find a good "relay server", and configure Postfix (and, possibly other stuff) appropriately.

'Hope that helps

you can use mutt also with your sendmail or postfix MTA.

You can configure your postfix in /etc/postfix/main.cf in RHEL 5

Three main configurations are to be done in the file.

Outbound
Inbound
authentication (who can send email)

Note: you can also use mutt for pop and imap service with SSL

mutt -f pop://username@servername