sending mail from command line in FreeBSD 6.1

emm1 ljosnet at gmail.com
Thu Aug 24 21:25:38 IST 2006


The contents of the file is put in the body instead of being delivered
as an attachment with that command. :)

On 8/24/06, Remy de Ruysscher <rdr at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Use cat file | mailx -s "Subject" receipient -c "another receipient"
>
> Regards,
> Remy
>
> On Thu, August 24, 2006 21:22, rob 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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