On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Joseph L. Casale <jcasale at activenetwerx.com> wrote: > I am calling mutt like so: > mutt -F /path/muttrc -a /path/file -s "text here" dest at example.com < /dev/null > > But as the user does not have a mailbox, it fails Silently? I am confused by the '< /dev/null'. This means send no email body just headers and attachment/MIME? On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > A quick-fix might be to touch /var/spool/mail/user if it > wants a mailbox there, or export HOME=/some/readable/path if it is looking for > $HOME/.muttrc or a maildir mailbox. That sounds like a good idea. Dave