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#1 2009-08-12 16:17:31
- keerthi
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Need to mail command outputs to users (not SMTP or POP3 related)
I just need to mail a command's output to myself (my logged in user id). I tried
echo 'Hello?' | mail -s "Subject of mail" <my-login-id>and I get
/usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directoryI installed mailx package but that didn't change anything.
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#2 2009-08-12 23:11:13
- fukawi2
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Re: Need to mail command outputs to users (not SMTP or POP3 related)
You still need an MTA such as postfix, qmail, exim or sendmail installed. The mailx package only provides a basic MUA which expects to be able to hand off to the MTA which is responsible for delivery (either to another system, or a local mailbox).
MTA = Mail (Transport|Transfer) Agent
MUA = Mail User Agent
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#3 2009-08-13 16:29:33
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Re: Need to mail command outputs to users (not SMTP or POP3 related)
thanks for the pointer. though not very helpful it helped a bit.
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#4 2009-08-13 22:48:17
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Re: Need to mail command outputs to users (not SMTP or POP3 related)
though not very helpful it helped a bit.
This isn't Ubuntu, we point in the right direction, we don't hold hands and walk you all the way 
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