how to configure mail command to use a specific mail server?

ESGLinux esggrupos at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 09:57:52 UTC 2010


Hi Eugene,

I have been busy with other problems and I couldn´t try it,

Now I have tested and it works just as I want,

A very usefull script.

Thank you very much

ESG

2010/7/9 Eugene Jansen van Rensburg <eugenejvr at gmail.com>

> Hi there,
>
> I use "sendEmail" for exactly this. It is absolutely brilliant. I don't
> think the mail command will be of great use.
>
> Find it here, its a single perl script that you can copy to your /bin/.
> directory for easy access.
> http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
>
> Hope it helps!
> --
>
> *Eugene Jansen van Rensburg*
> eMail: eugenejvr at gmail.com
>
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> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:50 AM, ESGLinux <esggrupos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Adam,
> >
> > I´ll try it,
> >
> > one question, i need to pass user and pass, and I think this script
> doesn´t
> > support it, does it?
> >
> > Thanks  again for your time,
> >
> > ESG
> >
> > 2010/7/8 Adam Miller <maxamillion at fedoraproject.org>
> >
> > > I wrote a small python script that satifies this need because there was
> a
> > > case where I needed similar functionality. I can't promise much and its
> > > somewhat primitive but if you have requests for change in functionality
> I
> > > will gladly make changes. I meant to actually implement most of the
> > > features
> > > of the mail command and then package and release the code/script but
> > never
> > > got around to it. Maybe this will jump start that :)
> > >
> > > https://fedorahosted.org/pymail/browser/pymail
> > >
> > > -AdamM (From Android)
> > >
> > > On Jul 8, 2010 6:45 AM, "ESGLinux" <esggrupos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > thanks Mike,
> > > >
> > > > I agree with you because I can´t find a way to do it
> > > >
> > > > Greetings
> > > >
> > > > ESG
> > > >
> > > > 2010/7/8 Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>
> > > >
> > > >> > When I use the mail command from the console the mail is delivered
> > > using
> > > >> > the
> > > >> > local postfix. How can I configure this command to use a specific
> > mail
> > > >> > server?
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I have a postfix running in other machine and I want that the
> client
> > > >> > machines uses this server as outgoing server (configure it with
> > other
> > > >> mail
> > > >> > clients like thunderbird is trivial)
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks in advance,
> > > >>
> > > >> I don't belive that there is a way. The mail command comes with
> > Postfix
> > > >> (or sendmail, or qmail, or...).
> > > >>
> > > >> The most that I believe you an do is to configure the local postfix
> to
> > > use
> > > >> the other server as a "smart relay".
> > > >> --
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