SMTP enable

Arjun · 07-30-2012, 04:11 AM

I would like to know if it is possible to create an smtp account in the localhost to send emails from localhost

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 07-30-2012, 04:16 AM

you don't need specific accounts to send email, any acount can usually do this. Clearly you're welcome to create your own if you wish.

unrelated to networking - moved to Linux - Newbie.

Arjun · 07-30-2012, 04:18 AM

Thats what i want to know. How can i do this ?

acid_kewpie · 07-30-2012, 04:30 AM

what? how to create a account? useradd <username>

Arjun · 07-31-2012, 12:49 AM

how can i send email from localhost ?

prodev05 · 07-31-2012, 01:15 AM

step 1. check for mail or mailx command // issue 'whereis mail' or 'whereis mailx' to find it.
step 2. if mail or mailx command is found follow the next step
step 3. # mail -s "Insert subject here" root@localhost

You can use mail or mailx command to send mail. For more information see man page, command is given below.

# man mail

or

# man mailx

Arjun · 07-31-2012, 03:27 AM

I got no output by entering this command

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whereis mail

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whereis mailx

Output

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mail:

prodev05 · 07-31-2012, 05:44 AM

please install mailx-x.x.x-x86.rpm for your server. And try the same. If you don't have the rpm you can download it from here

chrism01 · 07-31-2012, 06:10 PM

If this is for your Fedora or Redhat system, mailx is in the std repos.
In fact they are part of the std install (normally).
My mailx is in /bin/mailx for RHEL5 & RHEL6.

Arjun · 08-01-2012, 01:14 AM

Thanks for your reply

I will try this also