sending mail from command line in FreeBSD 6.1

emm1 ljosnet at gmail.com
Thu Aug 24 21:15:10 IST 2006


Doesnt work. -a isnt a valid option. :)

On 8/24/06, rob <rob at robhq.com> wrote:
> Not sure if this will work in FreeBSD, but I use this with CentOS
>
> Usage:  sendEmail [options]   or   command | sendEmail [options]
>
>  Required:
>    -f <from>            from email address
>    -t <to> [<to>]       to email address(es) (space separated list)
>
>  Common:
>    -u <subject>         (this will soon be -s, and -s will become -h[ost])
>    -m <message>         if -m is absent the message is read from STDIN
>    -s <server[:port]>   default is localhost:25
>
>  Optional:
>    -a <file> [<file>]   file attachment(s)
>    -cc  <to> [<to>]     cc  email address(es)
>    -bcc <to> [<to>]     bcc email address(es)
>
>  Paranormal:
>    -l <logfile>         log to the specified file
>    -v                   verbosity - use multiple times for greater effect
>    -q                   be quiet (no stdout output)
>
> http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of emm1
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:55 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: sending mail from command line in FreeBSD 6.1
>
> Anyone know how i can send a mail to user from command line in FreeBSD
> with an attachment ? I tried sendmail -toi user at domain.com < test.txt
> but the test.txt doesn't come as an attachment, the contents of the
> file comes in the body of the mail.
>
> Thanks!
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