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I just installed postfix using this guide and it works a charm. Any errors emailed to me are actually emailed to me (stuff like cron errors). They go into /var/spool/mail/tom.
The only problem is that I can't seem to send mail. When I try to it complains that it can't find /usr/bin/mailx. What gives?
$ echo hello | mail -s test tom
/usr/bin/mailx: No such file or directory
$ ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 199344 Jun 10 13:15 /usr/sbin/sendmailOffline
There's no mailx in the postfix package.
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I gathered that. How do I send mail? The guide uses that exact syntax.
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Try /usr/sbin/sendmail. What's the output of 'type mail'?
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$ type mail
mail is /usr/bin/mail
$ echo hello | /usr/sbin/sendmail tom
$ less /var/spool/mail/tom
--DBB0C1FD24.1285533149/kiwi.localdomain--
From tom@kiwi.localdomain Sun Sep 26 21:34:55 2010
Return-Path: <tom@kiwi.localdomain>
X-Original-To: tom
Delivered-To: tom@kiwi.localdomain
Received: by kiwi.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000)
id 533881FD2E; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:34:55 +0100 (BST)
Message-Id: <20100926203455.533881FD2E@kiwi.localdomain>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:34:55 +0100 (BST)
From: tom@kiwi.localdomain
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
helloHm, I guess that one works. So I just use sendmail instead of mail? I assume subject settings are in the man page?
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The wiki isn't perfect and mistakes happen.
The only package that has /usr/bin/mail is mailx, which is a nice e-mail-sending app with it's own tiny MTA.
The error from your first post indicated you have mailx installed, but probably you malformed the command. Using a proper e-mail address
echo hello | mail -s test tom@gmail.comcould work, but it's not local mail delivery anymore ;P
Last edited by karol (2010-09-26 20:42:27)
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$ echo hello | mail -s test mygmail@gmail.com
/usr/bin/mailx: No such file or directory
$ sudo pacman -Q mailx
mailx 8.1.1-7Nope, never worked. I'd like external mailing though! Also, might I ask, what is an MTA?
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MTA = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_transfer_agent
You probably need to configure mailx first :-)
Edit: Actually, I use mailx-heirloom 12.4-3 and it may be a bit different from mailx. If you have a gmail account and don't mind installing mailx-heirloom I can help, but I know nothing about postfix or mailx.
Last edited by karol (2010-09-26 21:01:30)
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Can mailx be configured to do local mail?
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Can mailx be configured to do local mail?
Ummm, probably ;P But I don't know how.
If you're happy with sendmail, no need to switch.
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