From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:49:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201110262050.00466.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111026165108.GM5309@ns1.bonedaddy.net>
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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.
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Regards,
Mick
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-26 19:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-22 9:47 [gentoo-user] Can I send email under linux terminal? Lavender
2011-10-22 9:57 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-22 10:28 ` Mick
2011-10-22 13:14 ` Lavender
2011-10-22 13:18 ` Lavender
2011-10-22 15:24 ` Philip Webb
2011-10-26 16:56 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-10-26 16:51 ` Todd Goodman
2011-10-26 19:49 ` Mick [this message]
2011-10-26 19:55 ` Todd Goodman
2011-10-27 7:21 ` Alan McKinnon
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