topic Re: Any directory that we can put files for the sendmail to pickup in Operating System - HP-UX

Any directory that we can put files for the sendmail to pickup

Ravi S. Banda — Mon, 16 May 2005 12:42:48 GMT

Hi,
I'm wondering if there's an outbound (like outbox in outlook) directory that we can put our files that gets picked up by sendmail automatically to send out emails.

If so, How do I configure the "TO", "Subject" etc?

Thanks!
Ravi.

Re: Any directory that we can put files for the sendmail to pickup

Rick Garland — Mon, 16 May 2005 12:49:06 GMT

Sendmail works off of files in the /var/spool/mqueue directory. BUT, the files in this directory are generated by sendmail. They come in pairs - a control file and the message file. It will not work to just drop off a file in this directory, you need to have sendmail generate the pairs as specific info is contain in these files.

As for the "TO", "SUBJECT:, etc. this is automatically generated by sendmail when invoked as dictated by the sendmail configuration file.

Re: Any directory that we can put files for the sendmail to pickup

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 16 May 2005 12:54:35 GMT

No, I think you are going to have to script that.

I'm attaching a production sendmail script.

SEP

Re: Any directory that we can put files for the sendmail to pickup

Ravi S. Banda — Mon, 16 May 2005 13:01:59 GMT

Thank you, Steven and Rick.
So, a unix shell script in a cron job would work the BEST for us, then.

Thanks!
Ravi.

Re: Any directory that we can put files for the sendmail to pickup

HGN — Mon, 16 May 2005 14:50:20 GMT

Hi

If the help from others helped you resolve the issue could you assign the points to people who helped and close this thread

rgds

HGN