Am 12. Jan, 2007 schwätzte Josef Lowder so: > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:30:31 -0700, Dan Lund wrote >> On 1/12/07, Josef Lowder wrote: >>> I'm still trying to figure out how to send plain text >>> email messages from the command line. >>> What would be the simplest way to do this? > >> With the mail command. Such as: >> >> Echo "hello" | mail -s subjectline destination@mail.com Yup, mail or mailx is the way to go. > However, I found my previous notes on this subject and > now recall that some suggested that 'postfix' would be > better (and safer) to use than 'sendmail' > > Is that correct? And if so, how do I acquire and install it? Depends on your distribution. Hopefully you've got apt-get, aptitude or yum setup. The install should ask you a couple of questions and set it up for you. The regular install should be able to handle a simple setup, which is likely all you need. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.CiscoLearning.org/ # Join the League of Professional System Administrators https://LOPSA.org/ # "Luckily, this is a comic book, for which no idea is too complex." # -- Larry Gonick from The Cartoon History of the United States