From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RJA6z-0004a7-Mp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:30:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E39F521C054; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:29:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (ns1.bonedaddy.net [70.91.141.202]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9064321C02E for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:29:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns1.bonedaddy.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9QJttMP012385 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:55:55 -0400 Received: (from tgoodman@localhost) by ns1.bonedaddy.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id p9QJttGH012384 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:55:55 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.bonedaddy.net: tgoodman set sender to tsg@bonedaddy.net using -f Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:55:55 -0400 From: Todd Goodman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal? Message-ID: <20111026195555.GS5309@ns1.bonedaddy.net> References: <2c7f51e7.13e96.1332b078f19.Coremail.lavender_matrix@163.com> <20111026165108.GM5309@ns1.bonedaddy.net> <201110262050.00466.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201110262050.00466.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 81196012fc1c9528cb8f5f8172ddbf78 * Mick [111026 15:24]: > On Wednesday 26 Oct 2011 17:51:08 Todd Goodman wrote: > > * James [111026 12:26]: > > > Lavender 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