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Blayder

Member

Registered: 2006-07-29

Posts: 43

registration script for mail

i'm trying to make a script to registers users for mailserver...

i'm using postfix and courier-imap with pop3 and imap

but i still can't figure aout how to send mail to user like:

mail -s Welcome $user
welcome
.

but got problem to send to console "welcome" and "." ;(

plz help

bboozzoo

Member

From: Poland

Registered: 2006-08-01

Posts: 125

Re: registration script for mail

mail -s Welcome $user <<-EOF
welcome
.
EOF

cactus

Taco Eater

From: t͈̫̹ͨa͖͕͎̱͈ͨ͆ć̥̖̝o̫̫̼s͈̭̱̞͍̃!̰

Registered: 2004-05-25

Posts: 4,622

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Re: registration script for mail

mail -s Welcome $user < /path/to/welcome/message

?? the above might work.

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Blayder

Member

Registered: 2006-07-29

Posts: 43

Re: registration script for mail

mail -s Welcome $user <<-EOF
welcome
.
EOF

super, it worked

T-Dawg

Forum Fellow

From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: registration script for mail

try piping it:

(
   echo "bla"
   echo "bla "
   echo "bla"
   echo " "
) | mail -s <subject> <username>