Postfix-how to mail from bash

rjcrews · 03-17-2005, 06:12 PM

hi

i can send mail using mail() in a php file. I believe I have Postfix installed correctly or this would not work.

Is there anyway to send mail in a bash script?

having read man of sendmail and postfix i am completely lost. with php its pretty easy, does anyone know a of a simple walkthrough or have a simple code snipet that would help?

thx in advance

Tinkster · 03-17-2005, 06:56 PM

Most distroswill have "mail" installed by default ...

The quick answer is:

Code:

cat <message-file> | mail -s Subject recipient@target.domain

Cheers,
Tink

rjcrews · 03-17-2005, 08:38 PM

thanks, i tried that and got

line 4: mail: command not found

basically all i have for code is

#!/bin/bash

FILE="test"
cat $file | mail -s testmsg myadress@domain

do i need to include something else?

Tinkster · 03-17-2005, 08:58 PM

Maybe your fc3 install doesn't have mail
installed ... check whether you can get it
(of CD or from rpmfind.net).

Cheers,
Tink

rjcrews · 03-17-2005, 09:04 PM

ah sorry its gentoo. guess i need to change that .

in /usr/sbin i have all the postfix commands.

im not sure if its running or not, ps -e doesnt list postfix anywhere. do i need to start it? postfix check doesnt give me any errors either.

Tinkster · 03-17-2005, 09:38 PM

postfix, as far as I know, is a mail transport agent, not
a mail programme... try a simple
emerge mail

Cheers,
Tink

rjcrews · 03-18-2005, 01:50 PM

emerge mail fails....

there are no ebuilds to satisfy 'mail'

may try perl

packetz · 03-31-2005, 10:09 AM

try 'emerge mailx'

rjcrews · 03-31-2005, 10:32 PM

I was able to get it working with perl, thx for the suggestions though.

had to emerge a dbi something or another.

Dave Kelly · 04-02-2005, 08:07 PM

Try the command apropos with an argument of mail

And see what you get.

rjcrews · 08-04-2005, 09:59 AM

mail: nothing appropriate

was the result.

still playing with the perl trying to get it how i like it... Thanks though!

phil.d.g · 08-04-2005, 12:36 PM

The mail program is normally part of the nail package or maybe the pine package