using /usr/bin/mail on Ubuntu 18.04

[Jerry Geis]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 9:01 AM Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:

> On 2021-06-17, Jerry Geis wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I am trying to do something like:
> > echo "" | mail myemail at myemail.com
> >
> > This just hangs... Weird right.
> >
> > So I tried:
> >
> > mail myemail at myemail.com
> > I got prompted for CC
> > I got prompter for Subject
> > I then entered both above - and a short body
> > on the far left I entered just the . and hit enter
> > nothing - it does not send ?
> >
> > What might be happening that mail is not "sending".
>
> Maybe you need to install a mail transfer agent?
>
> I think nullmailer is good enough if you just want to send
> command-line, cron, and at mail to yourself.
>
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Thanks nullmailer has helped.   When installing it with "apt -y install
nullmailer" it prompts for two things-
how do I tell the installer to just accept the defaults ? For
future automated installs.
Thanks

Jerry
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