mail client

[atul.kaggarwal]

which text based mail client HP-UX used as in linux we can use mutt

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

HP-UX still ships with elm. That is text based and works prety well. It also has a client called mail. That also works for some folks.

Welcome to ITRC forums. We're a peer to peer based forum and the people who answer your questions do not need to work for HP. We're volunteers.

The way it works is thus:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#28

SEP

[atul.kaggarwal]

while using elm i am getting this message what to do:

Notice:
This version of ELM requires the use of a .elm directory to store your
elmrc and alias files. I'd like to create the directory .elm for you
and set it up, but I can't in "batch mode".
Please run ELM in "normal mode" first.

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi,

How did you run the elm command?
Please post the exact syntax that you have used.


Normally, elm operates in three principal modes:

+ Interactive mode, running as an interactive mail interface program. ( elm [-aKkmtVz] [-f folder] )

+ Message mode, sending a single interactive message to a list of mail addresses from a shell command line. (elm [-s subject] address-list )

+ File mode, sending a file or command output to a list of mail addresses via a command-line pipe or redirection. (elm [-s subject] address-list )


see man elm
for more information

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Yang Qin_1]

So, you run elm from a session to setup .elm dir and then run your script. It will work.

1st time you run elm from a session, it will ask you 2 questions, answer y for both of them.

Yang

[uadm26]

Hi,
So you need to run first the elm program in a prompt, and select "yes" to create the elm database. Test again the command elm, you will see a list of mail if you something. After that you can run it in background. You can use the "mailx" too. Example:
echo test | mailx -s " It is a test" root

Good Luck...
JT

[nishith]

hi atul,

As mentioned by all u can use the default mail client shipped with HP.

But if you require "mutt" for hp-ux you can download from below site. install the dependencies also. it works fine.

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Networking/Mail/mutt-1.5.12/


regds,
nishith.

[Coolmar]

mailx works too, but I prefer elm. The first time you run elm, it will ask you a couple of setup questions. Answer "yes" and you are off and running.