about the command: mail -s "subject" destination_email_address

gutiojj · 11-25-2012, 03:22 AM

Hi all,

I want to send email to Windows Exchange 2007 smtp server from Fedora server.
My Fedora server should work as mail client.
However, when I type the following command on Fedora server:
mail -s "subject" destination_email_address

There is no response for quite a long time as the command seems hang with no results displayed.
And the email cannot be sent at last.
Besides, sendmail service is running on my Fedora server.

What kind of configuration is missed / set up wrongly ?

rosehosting.com · 11-25-2012, 07:15 AM

You should check the log (/var/log/maillog) for any error messages.

Also you may find this interesting: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/12/...dy-from-linux/

Quote:

Originally Posted by gutiojj

Hi all,

I want to send email to Windows Exchange 2007 smtp server from Fedora server.
My Fedora server should work as mail client.
However, when I type the following command on Fedora server:
mail -s "subject" destination_email_address

There is no response for quite a long time as the command seems hang with no results displayed.
And the email cannot be sent at last.
Besides, sendmail service is running on my Fedora server.

What kind of configuration is missed / set up wrongly ?