By default, the mail command in Linux will make use of the local SMTP server running on port 25 for sending mails. But if you want to send mails using external SMTP server such as smtp.gmail.com or SMTP server o
There are two ways to do this: using all-in-one command or putting configurations into profile. The all-in-one-command way needs no other configurations except the command line itself, while the way using configuration has a clearer command. All-in-one command This is an all-in-one comman...
While testing a simple script on a EL9 compatible system, running Rocky Linux 9, I wanted to send a quick e-mail notification at the end of the script. mailx worked fine - but is gone? I have been using themailxcommand for at least a decade, and never experienced problems with it. B...
Mailx is an intelligent mail processing system, which has a command syntax reminiscent of ed(1) with lines replaced by messages. It is based on Berkeley Mail 8.1,
In a previouspost on mail commandwe saw how the mail command can be used to send emails from the command line on your linux server. In this tutorial we shall be using an enhanced version of the mail command. Its called mailx (or just mail when installed), and it can do many more th...
In my experience, an MUA like mailx happily accepts end-of-file. What sort of mailx command was being used? "I have great faith in fools; self-confidence, my friends call it." --Poe 0 Kudos Reply The opinions expressed above are the personal opinions of the authors, not of...