automatic mail from linux

[Kusuma Sashidhar]

Hi,

Through scripts, if i need to send mails automatically to any email id (internet mails or office mail), what & how should i configure that on linux? Please help?

Thanks in advance,
Kusuma

[Mobeen_1]

Kusuma,
For this you would need to configure sendmail on the Linux server. Please review the links below, they provide sufficient information on how to configure the same

http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-hn/sendmail.htm

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5507

If you have any specific questions, let me know

regards
Mobeen

[Kiyoshi Miyake]

Hi,

If you have sendmail on localsoft, you can use sendmail (mail command).
e.g.)
$ mail -s Subject user@domain < conts.txt

If you don't have sendmail or don't configure sendmail,
you can use perl.
Please see perldoc Net::SMTP.
Very simple script makes you happy.

e.g.)
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use Net::SMTP;

$smtp = Net::SMTP->new('mailhost');

$smtp->mail($ENV{USER});
$smtp->to('postmaster');

$smtp->data();
$smtp->datasend("To: postmaster\n");
$smtp->datasend("\n");
$smtp->datasend("A simple test message\n");
$smtp->dataend();

$smtp->quit;
--- from perldoc Net::SMTP ---

Thanks.

[Kusuma Sashidhar]

Hello Mobeen,

does that mean that I have to have DNS if I have to send mails outside or is there any other option?

Kusuma

[Mobeen_1]

Kusuma,
Absolutely. You should have a DNS on your domain. I am not aware of any other ways this can be done.

regards
Mobeen

[Roberto Polli]

If you're doing it for job:
1) select a mail server [postfix|sendmail]
2) read docs and configure it. It takes 1h using a ready-made config file.
3) use the "mail" command to send mail as suggested above. You can use it too thru piping:

echo "My Mail Body"|mail johnsmith@example.com -c johnholmes@example1.net


Peace, R>

[Steven E. Protter]

attaching a useful script for sending attachments.

You can do mail so many different ways.

mail, elm, sendmai all have different and complimentary capabilities.

the right tool for the right job.

SEP

[Nicholas Melville]

I would suggest you use postfix. Simple to set up. Set the server to use your office mail server as its relayhost. It can handle where the mail should go.

[Derek Whitten]

I agree with Kiyoshi ... use some kind of perl/shell script that is called from cron.