Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?

[Todd Goodman <tsg@bonedaddy.net>]

* Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> [111026 15:24]:
> On Wednesday 26 Oct 2011 17:51:08 Todd Goodman wrote:
> > * James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> [111026 12:26]:
> > > Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes:
> > > > So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot
> > > > my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that
> > > > if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no
> > > > need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could
> > > > I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under
> > > > terminal?
> > > 
> > > A long time ago there was command line syntax called
> > > "mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure
> > > the old unix sources are around, but it may require
> > > sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is
> > > not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are
> > > a stretch if you really want the truth)....
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Very useful for a variety of uses....
> > > 
> > > I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but
> > > i Have never used this package....
> > > 
> > > Come to think about it, the old mail command line
> > > stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to
> > > recall the details......
> > > 
> > > http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/
> > > 
> > > hth,
> > > 
> > > James
> > 
> > There's mail-client/mailx which provides mail and is what you're
> > thinking of most likely (there were actually a few different
> > mail/Mail/mailx command line UNIX MTAs.)
> > 
> > But I wouldn't recommend it for general use (I prefer mutt) though I did
> > use it for such for a number of years in the 80s...
> 
> I think that mailx is installed as a dependency on a gentoo system (unless it 
> is seriously stripped down?)
> 
> Just run mail in a terminal and it'll tell you if there is any messages 
> waiting for you.  To send (outside your OS) you'll need to install and 
> configure ssmtp, or sendmail, or postfix, or any other MTA in portage.  For more 
> info look at man mailx or man mail.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Mick

Yes, sorry, I meant to type "UNIX MUAs" above.  It is just an MUA and
not an MTA.

Todd