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Mail command line
I am using a application called Mail but i can't send to my own email-adresses?
But i can't send any emails what is wrong?
mail -s "Test Email" [email protected]
Cc:
Testing
jonathan@jonathan-...
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How do you output the contents of an .eml file [ Not including all of its metadata ] to the commandline in plaintext? [duplicate]
I can do this:
cat foobar.eml
Delivered-To: [email protected]
Received: by 2002:a4a:6c09:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id q9-v6csp1498994ooc;
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:00:37 -0700 (PDT)
X-Google-Smtp-...
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Is there a way to view the message-id (msgid) when receiving email using the Linux mail command?
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I have a program that extracts email from the command line using the mail command as follows:
The Message-ID/msgid is not part of the resulting email
Is there a way to keep the message-id when ...
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Using CLI "mail" command
I feel a little silly asking this question... as the answer may be quite simple... but searching here on AU, or on Google, or man mail, hasn't given me the answer.
If I start mail, I see this:
"/...
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On Ubuntu server, how can I receive "new mail" notifications on the terminal while logged in?
I connect to my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS server via SSH, and the "You have new mail" notification works properly when logging in, however, if I receive mail while already logged in, I don't get ...
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Mail in Command Line Interface
How can I know if my mail is delivered when I used Command line to send it? I used the MailUtile package.
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Neither mail, nor mutt sends emails with file attaches
My web provider recently changed from Ubuntu 14.04 to 18.04. This broke an automated script I use to send emails with no body, but with an attach. I shortened the code below to simplfy.
This used to ...
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Postfix to send email using gmail address
I'm using postfix and mail from mailutils to send email using my gmail address through command line in Ubuntu.
It works fine when I provide both from and to address like below:
mail -s "Some random ...
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mail utility wont send to my cellphone?
Im writing a script, and I want it to alert me via text message. I can send my self texts via things like gmail using: "[email protected]", and I can send emails to gmail using the mail command, but ...
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Script to create a log file and send an email
#!/bin/bash
who>log.txt
top>>log.txt
EMAIL="[email protected]"
LOG="/home/projekt/skrypt/log.txt"
mail -s "skrypt_logi" ${EMAIL}<${LOG}
rm logi.txt
I installed package for using ...
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how to get a return recipt from mailutils?
In gmail, and other mail clients, it is possible to tell if an email has been opened using something called a return receipt. (If there is another term please, do tell). Is there any such ...
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How to configure mail /etc file?
I have a Ubuntu 16.10 VM that I'm trying to configure to send mail from the shell with my gmail address via crontab.
Which /etc file do I need to amend and what options do I need to set?
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Postfix SMTP mail server External smtp relay
How can I configure postfix smtp?
External smtp relay
Smtp authentication
Email send rate limit
Schedule emails
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Redirect STDOUT of cronjobs
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 virtual private server.
There are a few cronjobs defined:
00 03 * * * cd /root && ./backupJob.sh
00 04 * * * sudo -u www-data php /var/www/dir/htdocs/bin/indexer.php
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Hot to get the message ID when sending email via command line?
I am trying to send a mail via simple mail command on the command line using this piece of code:
$ echo "foo" | mail -s "Hello World" -t "[email protected]"
That’s working fine.
My question is ...
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how to send content using postfix?
I need to be able to send the content of two files via email at the same time. I can now send it as two separate emails.
I was able to send the content of one file via one mail message like this:
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help with email commands [duplicate]
I want to send emails from my Ubuntu PC to other PCs on internet. I also have an account on yahoo.gr,there are some commands like ssmtp or mail or mutt but they don't work for me.
Perhaps I should ...
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How do I download mail folders from command line?
I want to download my mails (batch download) which are located in a "sample" folder on my yahoo mail to local folder on my harddisk.
Is there a command-line client which allows me to download mails ...
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MAIL FROM command missing
I am trying to send mail from Evolution and get this message: MAIL FROM command failed: No identity changes permitted. lc1sm14589093qeb.5 - gsmtp
Any clues what is wrong?
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How can I configure alpine to read my gmail in Ubuntu?
I would like to use a terminal based mail client for my e-mail activities. I've been suggested to use alpine for it. But how do I configure it in Ubuntu to read my gmail mails?
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Access Exchange 2003 mailbox from Terminal
How do I check an Exchange mailbox for new mail from the command line?
I'm at a complete loss here.
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Why am I not able to send an email from command line
This is what I did (as per a few discussions on this website)
mail -s "hi" [email protected] < test.txt
Where text.txt has the message.
I checked to see if mail did exist and it does at /usr/...
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A simple email autoresponder
I have a POP3 email account, that I do not use anymore. It is on a server out of my control.
Several of my contacts keep on sending email to that address, though I told them. So I decided to set an ...
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