<mail> command missing?
Will H. Backman
whb at ceimaine.org
Tue Dec 13 14:06:22 UTC 2005
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> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of David
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 6:04 AM
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> Subject: <mail> command missing?
>
> I've just done my second fresh install of Breezy (both for friends).
> Apparently the "mail" unix command is missing! These seems really odd.
> Have I missed something obvious?
>
> It's not available from apt and I thought it was a basic shell
command.
>
> It's still there on two other machines that I upgraded from Hoary.
> /usr/bin/mail
>
> David.
>
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No MTA (such as postfix) is installed by default, so a lot of the basic
CLI mail apps are missing. This is unfortunate, as Gnome's Bugbuddy
still tries to send a bug report through the local MTA and fails.
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