send mail via mailx at given time

[Paolo Gilli]

using mailx, is possible send the mail at given time?
For example, if I compose a mailx message at 2.00pm, exists a parameter to send the message at 5pm?

Thankyou
Paolo

[Simon Hargrave · Accepted solution]

Schedule it via the "at" command.

First make sure you user ID is in the file /var/adm/cron/at.allow, so that you are allowed to use at.

Then do something like: -

at 1700
cat mail.txt | mailx -s "test mail" fred@home.com
^D

(The ^D is pressing Control-D to end the script).

This will then run at 1700 hours.

[Steven E. Protter]

If you want the message every day, use the same syntax in cron.

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