[X-Unix] how to send mail from commandline?

[Warren Pollans]

thanks,  all of the various suggestions are fine and work IF postfix is 
properly configured.

My problem was that the postfix configuration was hosed - I don't how 
it got that way.

Once I fixed the postfix config, my original method worked fine


On Nov 10, 2005, at 4:24 PM, Eric F Crist wrote:

> On Nov 9, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Ben Gold wrote:
>
>> I've wanted occasionally to be able to send an email from the command 
>> line also.
>>
>> I've always wondered if there is no way to send one without turning 
>> on Postfix?   I always thought it would be possible to simply send 
>> out a message much like my Apple Mail program does – some command 
>> where I type in the destination, message, AND my ISPs mail server.
>>
>> Is this not possible?
>>
>> Why do I need to run a server just to send an email?  If numerous 
>> programs can connect to my ISPs mail server, why can't I?
>>
>> Or do I misunderstand that Postfix is a server, not a client?
>>
>> I don't know a lot about *nix, but I was hoping this was possible.
>>
>
> sorry, accidentally hit send...
>
> You can also send an email from the command line using the mail 
> command:
>
> [Swordfish:~] username% mail username at secure-computing.net
> Subject: this is a test
> This is another way to send an email.  Similar to the telnet method, I 
> need to finish this email using a . on a line by itself.
>
> ..
> EOT
>
> You can attach a file using the following series of command:
>
> [swordfish:~] username% mail username at secure-computing.net < 
> testfile.txt
>
> HTH
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> Eric F Crist
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