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Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:21:18 +0200
From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can I send email under linux terminal?
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On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:56:00 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes:
>=20
> > 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=20
> > I send mails though the mail server=C2=A0what I use right now under
> > terminal?
>=20
> 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)....
>=20
>=20
> Very useful for a variety of uses....
>=20
> I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but
> i Have never used this package....
>=20
> Come to think about it, the old mail command line
> stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to
> recall the details......
mail is awesome and still very much around. I have versions called
mailx, nail and a few others too - it's wonderful for sending mail from
cron scripts
--=20
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com