mail

xlord · 01-13-2004, 11:18 PM

im using the mail command in slackware9.0 but for some reason its not sending anything to my email..
the syntax that im imputing is

mail -s "testing" -a test xlordt@hotmail.com

it just sits there.. does anyone know?

Guru3 · 01-14-2004, 12:40 AM

Try this syntax:

Code:

echo "mail message" | mail -s "test" mymail@mydomain.com

or you can do it this way....

Code:

echo -e "first line of mail" >> mymail.txt
echo -e "second line of mail" >> mymail.txt
cat mymail.txt | mail -s "test" mymail@mydomain.com

This is the way I have found to work best... I think it just sits there because it is looking for the mail data, you would have to type it in followed by a "." which is the end message symbol. But I know for sure that the ways above work and that you do not need the "." and I hope this helps.

willand · 01-14-2004, 06:17 AM

but... before.. we must configure a file.. with our e-mail, ... and others informations as the server pop, imap, smtp...
no ?

Guru3 · 01-14-2004, 10:50 AM

Quote:

before.. we must configure a file

I don't think so. If you have a smtp server running on the computer mail is being run from, it will just use that, and send from whatever the user account is.

willand · 01-14-2004, 11:53 AM

and if you don't have a smtp server on the computer ?

Guru3 · 01-14-2004, 01:30 PM

I suggest reading the manual.... But from what I see in it, it is not possible.

mac_phil · 01-14-2004, 01:34 PM

You need a mail transfer agent. I like Postfix.