[CentOS] how to send mail from console
John Doe
jdmls at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 15 13:53:41 UTC 2010
From: Roland Roland <R_O_L_A_N_D at hotmail.com>
> i'm trying to get a script to send me an email whenever a certain
> condition takes place..
> i'm afraid i dont have experience with mail command nor anything else
> related to sending emails for that matter..
>
> i googled a bit and tried using mutt and mail ...
> though i do not recieve any email in my inbox...
>
> the command im using is the following : mail -s “disk space report”
> R_O_L_A_N_D at hotmail.com
>
> should i setup a default smtp to use? where can i check for the errors
> that are taking place?
Tried with sendmail service started...?
Check /var/log/maillog
An other way:
/usr/sbin/sendmail -t <<EOF
Subject: ...
to: ...
Content-type: text/plain
Hello World...
EOF
JD
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