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I reinstalled Postfix, reconfigured it, and yet I'm getting this message when I use the mail program to start sending a new email.
admin@mail:~$ mail No mail for admin
Any tip what I should look for?
Thanks!
Gabriel A. Zorrilla
Posted 2009-08-26T16:48:43.610
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To send mail via the commandline, use mail:
$ mail -s "Some Subject" admin
Type some stuff
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The dot tells mail the message is finished. You can also redirect program output to mail, or send a file's contents.
$ cat /etc/motd | mail -s "Message of the day" admin
$ mail -s "Message of the day" admin < /etc/motd
Will both send the contents of /etc/motd to the admin user on the local system. You can send mail out to the internet as well.
$ tail -10 /var/log/mail.info | mail -s "Some mail logs for you" admin@example.com
jtimberman
Posted 2009-08-26T16:48:43.610
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Dang that was fast, you really like to earn points dont cha? ;) Anyway, i'll check it and give you my feedback. – Gabriel A. Zorrilla – 2009-08-26T16:55:45.687
My superuser bookmark goes to the "Questions -> Newest", I happened to open it to check something else and saw this question :-). – jtimberman – 2009-08-26T16:59:08.487
Sorry, perhaps I misguided you. I don't want to check for mail, just SEND mail. With the mail command a send mail CLI interface should emerge, backed by postfix. – Gabriel A. Zorrilla – 2009-08-26T17:00:01.310
Sorry, forgot to write the mail, n00b mistake, my bad. – Gabriel A. Zorrilla – 2009-08-26T17:01:36.440
1So, SOLUTION:
If you want to write some mail in the CLI, do this:
mail destination@address.com
Just typing mail checks your mail. :) – Gabriel A. Zorrilla – 2009-08-26T17:02:33.520
Some updates to clarify your question's intent, and I updated the answer. – jtimberman – 2009-08-26T17:07:40.110
WTF you edited my topic! LOL. Anyway, good answer, i'll give you some points for your time. – Gabriel A. Zorrilla – 2009-08-26T17:16:23.523