send email from command line

[Karl Larsen]

Eric Maquiling wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 04:46:14PM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
> [...]
>   
>> it should send that, but I think it is trying to get sendmail to send it 
>> and mine is not set up. There should be a way to set the SMTP to be the 
>> one we pay for. Does anyone do this or know how? I have these files:
>>     
> [...]
> :/  Confused
>
> You want to send mail outside of your company to an outside email?  In PINE,
> you can define your SMTP relay. 
>
> If you want to send mail via the CL, (mail prez at whitehouse.gov < mytaxes), then
> you need to set up relay in /etc/sendmail.cf
>
> Lots of documentation on how to edit sendmil.mc but if you want quick and dirty
> test it go to the /etc/mail/sendmail.cf:
>
> Line # 116 (in my Ubuntu distro)
> or it'll say: # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
> Add
> DSthesmptrelay_of_your_ISP_PROVIDER
>
> restart sendmail
>
> This is what mine looks like:
>
> # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
> DSsmtp.west.cox.net
>
> The do 'mail -s "test" someonereal at gmail.com < /etc/profile'
> and then
> tail -f /var/log/mail.log
>
> Should look like this:
> Sep 23 15:38:05 ubuntu-1 sm-mta[18506]: m8NMc59p018504:
> to=<someonereal at gmail.com>,
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=120702,
> relay=smtp.west.cox.net. [68.6.19.4], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
> (JNfm1a00H0qDha004NfnpV mail accepted for delivery)
>
>   
    Alas Hardy has Exim and your detailed help does not work. I wonder 
why people decide to fix sendmail and then just make a confused MESS 
more confusing!

Karl


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