[ydl-gen] Sending mail from the command line

[Geert Janssens]

Indeed, even simpler than using sendmail directly.

Thanks Joseph !

Geert

On Thursday 07 September 2006 16:27, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
> Of course, a pipe should work, assuming sendmail is running. Here is an
> example:
>
>     % ls | mail -s "output of ls"  jsacco > /dev/null 2>&1
>
> -Joseph
>
> ===================================================================
>
> On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 09:53 -0400, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote:
> > Why not route root's main to yourself:
> >
> > As root:
> >
> > (1) open /etc/aliases in your favorite editor
> >
> > (2) add/edit the following lines at the bottom of the file
> >
> >         # Person who should get root's mail
> >         root:           your-user-name
> >
> > (3) run the command
> >
> >    newaliases
> >
> > (4) test
> > send root some email
> >
> > -Joseph
> >
> > ============================================================
> >
> > On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 09:35 -0400, Eric Dunbar wrote:
> > > Hello all, I've been trying to figure out how to send an e-mail using
> > > a tcsh script. I've created a script to monitor my server's IP and
> > > update the DNS server when it changes (I'm on dynamic IP).
> > >
> > > I want to send myself an e-mail whenever it has to update the DNS
> > > server (at present it sends root an e-mail but I don't check my root
> > > e-mail that frequently).
> > >
> > > I've been trying to use mail to send an e-mail but cannot automate the
> > > process:
> > >
> > > mail -s My\ subject my.email at nowhere.com
> > >
> > > At first I tried piping a file into the command but haven't got that
> > > to work (composing the e-mail requires one to press ^D to terminate
> > > the e-mail followed by an enter to accept no cc:).
> > >
> > > Any ideas? Is there another mechanism I should be using to email stuff
> > > automagically? Is there an interface to send mail I should be using?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Eric.
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