how to send mail without human intervention?

[Wil McGilvery]

Are you using Mailx?
 
I thought mailx was intended for use within scripts.
 
hth
 
Wil
 
http://www.mkssoftware.com/docs/man1/mailx.1.asp

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Net Llama! [mailto:netllama at linux-sxs.org] 
	Sent: Sat 9/21/2002 2:51 AM 
	To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: how to send mail without human intervention?
	
	

	grrr...i hate it when i do this.  ok, i figured out a workaround
	(although not what i'd call ideal).  I can redirect the contents of a
	file into that mail command like so:
	mail -n -s "another test of mail" netllama at linux-sxs.org < /tmp/whatever
	
	i just wish there was a way to just specify the body somehow.  oh well.
	
	Net Llama! wrote:
	> I'm writing a bash script where I need to send email out depending on
	> certain conditions within the script.
	>
	> I'm thought that I could use 'mail' to do the job, but it seems to
	> require human intervention to send the message out.  I'm trying:
	> mail -n -s "another test of mail" netllama at linux-sxs.org
	>
	> yet it keeps insisting on having me type something for the body, and
	> then hit Ctrl-D or a . at the end in order to send it.  Looking at the
	> man page for mail there doesn't seem to be any option that lets me set
	> the body message from the command itself.  Am i missing something
	> obvious, or is there a better tool for the job?  thanks!
	>
	
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