[TriLUG] How can I send mail without a client ?

[Andrew Perrin]

Check out the "mail" program, which is command-line-callable and therefore
scriptable.

man mail

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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Ryan Leathers wrote:

> I would like to send emails based on events in logs and so on.
> I have no trouble selecting events in an automated way.
> I bet I can also format text to conform to some convention.
>
> This needs to be unattended - automatic - magic.
> What is a simple way to send this email without writing code?
> What do non-programmers use to solve this kind of thing?
> Telnet to port 25 of some mail server?
>
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> Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com>
> Global Knowledge
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