To send an email from console you need to use mail command, which is an intelligent mail processing system which has a command syntax reminiscent of ed with lines replaced by messages. To send an email to somewhere@domain.com you need to type following command:
$ mail somewhere@domain.comOutput:
Subject: Hello Hai, How are you? Hope so you are fine :) Take care Babai Vivek . <Type DOT (.) followed by ENTER KEY> Cc: <Press ENTER KEY>
You need to type . (dot) to send an email. To send contains of file (such as /tmp/message) as mail body then use following command:
$ mail -s 'Hai' somewhere@domain.com < /tmp/messagePlease note that above command will NOT route an email if you do not have properly configured MTA/mail server.
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Thank you, I tried that command and it warked so fin.
Hi,
I am not able to send mail using mail utility,
I used
mail -s “Subject” somewhere@domain.com
the moment I am sending mail, its getting bounced to delively failed list. I have tried several attempts, it not working. Do I have to configure some server like pop3 before I go ahead and send mail ?
Please help in this regard.
Thanks
Syed Mateen
Hi,
How to configure MTA/mail server ?
Please clarify ?
Thanks
Syed Mateen.
Hi ,
I tried ,it worked .
How to attach the files ..?
Thanks and Regards
Mahantesh
use mutt client with -a option to send mail with attachement
e.g mutt -a -s mailid@domainname.com
Or you could use:
uuencode FILENAME FILENAMEATTACH | mailx user@domain.com
FILENAME is the original filename
FINENAMEATTACH is the “destination” attachment filename
I used the mail command to send a message to my mailbox as a test and on the console it seems working but when i check my mailbox i see no incoming message.
Should i configure something so the command works properly?
Thanks in anticipation.
Brahim.
Hello. Shomeone could help me please, i tried to use the mail command but it does not work
What must I do ?
renato@10.12.80.20‘s password:
[renato@erycia2 ~]$ mail -s ‘hi’ rhernand@erycia.com
.
Cc:
Null message body; hope that’s ok
[renato@erycia2 ~]$ can not chdir(/var/spool/clientmqueue/): Permission denied
Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.
In case anyone needs to troubleshoot the interactive command line mail process you can use:
mail -v -s “Hello Recipient”
Here is my full message
.
Cc:
The -v is verbose and it outputs the full details of the transaction between the sending and receiving servers.
@Renato, it seems that your user doesn’t have the correct permissions to access the mail queue. Ask your sysadmin to add you to the group of users that is allowed to send email.
i have used this mail option and its working
i tries to reply to that from my mail box.. can some one assist me in replying the mail recieved from the linux box.
Thanking you in advance
Harish
How do zou attach something to a letter using the mail program?
Have you read my previous message?
Read and you will know it…
I am a freshman in Linux,I am going to work hard on it.:-)
when i use mail command its not working,I have made canges in the sendmail.cf ,sendmail.mc,resolve.conf,and hosts file too and i have restarted the service.but its not sending mail if i logged into the user ex :autobuild@hostname.domain.com and if i give the mail command its not hittting the id.but its working fr SMTP protocol,connecting it with relay server.then mail from:autobuild@hostname.domain.com RCPT TO:id,it reaches the id.can anyone help me with this process of sending mail using mail command.OS is redhat 5.4