How to e-mail from a terminal
 

Hi there I have to do a research paper on how to email from the command line. I have no clue where to start. What are the commands/program I need to be able to do this. I only need to be able to do it on a network not on the internet btw.

I'm not sure, I understand. do you want to know a program which allows you to send emails, but can be used from the command line?

If so, Pine is supposedly very good. It is just a text based program like Outlook or pegasus. I check my emails from commandline using Links.

Maybe this will help you get start.... :)

Hamish

man sendmail
man mail

Those man pages should get you started.. ;)

I gotta do this on fedora and send mail was not a recognized tool. I believe I am supposed to use sendmail not Pine.

send mail? Its sendmail without a space. If your using Fedora, make sure its actually installed first.

rpm -qa | grep sendmail

yeah I didn't use a space just a typo. So can I just download sendmail from the web (i won't be in school till tomorrow so idk if it is installed or not and I can't install from fedora disk because i installed from an NFS server and it still asks for CDs)? is sendmail the only program I would need. or is there recievemail attatch2mail....etc.