This works for me:
echo My message | mail -s Testing addressee
Joel
On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:51:26PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> 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" [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /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" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > 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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