SMTP support is present in heirloom-mailx, but not in the traditional bsd-mailx.
See: http://superuser.com/questions/137461/does-mailx-send-mail-using- an-smtp-relay-or-does-it-directly-connect-to-the-targ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1013922 Title: 'bsd-mailx' should be a high-priority candidate to provide the 'mailx' virtual package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bsd-mailx/+bug/1013922/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs