Command line e-mail

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Contents 1 Single Sendmail command 1.1 script 2 Script from command line using Mutt 3 send via telnetting into local mailserver

Single Sendmail command

 awk 'BEGIN{print "Subject:Bash rocks!\nFrom:Whoever <your@email.com>"}{printf("%s\015\n", $0)}' filecontentsforbody.txt | sendmail -t your@email.com

or

 echo "text of the body of the message here" | sendmail -t "whoever@wherever.com" "subject line"

alternately if you just enter this command it will allow prompt and wait for you to type the body of the message

 sendmail -t "whoever@wherever.com" "subject line"

when you're done typing, hit <return> and then type a single period, then hit <return> again and it will send

script

 #!/bin/bash
 FILE=$1
 RECIPIENT=myemail@yahoo.com
 (echo "This file $FILE was sent from Linux."
 for i in `ls -1 $FILE`
 do
    file_name=`basename $i`
    uuencode $i $file_name
 done
 ) | mail -s "Mail sent with the attachment file: $FILE" "$RECIPIENT"

To use this script, just type in the name of the script followed by the filename

Script from command line using Mutt

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/sending-mail-with-attachment.html

 mutt -s "Test mail" -a /tmp/file.tar.gz vivek@nixcraft.co.in < /tmp/mailmessage.txt

send via telnetting into local mailserver

this will attempt to login to your local mailserver (whether Postfix, Sendmail, Qmail, etc)

• telnet localhost 25

starts SMTP session, hopefully allowing you to send mail

 [root@server]$
 telnet localhost 25
 Trying 127.0.0.1...
 Connected to server (127.0.0.1).
 Escape character is '^]'.
 220 localhost.localdomain; ESMTP Thu, 6 Mar 2003 17:57:01 -0500
 helo localhost
 250 localhost.localdomain Hello wolf [127.0.0.1],
 mail from: bernier@localhost
 250 2.1.0 bernier@localhost... Sender ok
 rcpt to: robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca
 250 2.1.5 robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca... Recipient ok
 data
 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
 subject; I'm hungry, send pizza
 Please send me one large pepperoni all dressed.
 Don't forget the pineapples!
 .
 250 2.0.0 h26N3hs18884 Message accepted for delivery
 quit
 221 2.0.0 localhost.localdomain closing connection
 Connection closed by foreign host.

• telnet localhost 110

starts POP3 session, hopefully allowing you to receive mail

 bash-2.05$ telnet localhost 110
 Trying 127.0.0.1...
 Connected to localhost.localdomain
 Escape character is '^]'.
 +OK InterMail POP3 server ready.
 user bernier
 +OK please send PASS command
 pass 1234
 +OK bernier is welcome here
 list
 +OK 1 messages
 retr 2
 +OK 767 octets
 Return-Path:
 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([67.69.160.216]) by
 tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19
 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id
 <20030307030259.NLJD29897.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@localhost.localdomain>
 for ;
 Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:02:59 -0500
 Received: (from bernier@localhost) by localhost.localdomain
 (XXX/linuxconf) id h2730mA01858
 for robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:00:48 -0500
 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 22:00:48 -0500
 From: root
 Message-Id: <200303070300.h2730mA01858@localhost.localdomain>
 To: robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca
 Subject: I'm hungry send pizza
 Please send me one large pepperoni all dressed.
 Don't forget the pineapples!