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Subject: Re: send e-mail in a plain unix-shell
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On Thu, 31 May 2001, Eric Boucher wrote:

:Hi everyone,
:
:Is it possible to send e-mail in a plain unix shell
:with the command line (so without X-server) to the
:internet? Is the command line "mail username" can do
:the trick? If it's possible, how can I do it (with
:which command)?

mail -s "your subject here" foo@bar.baz
message goes here.
end with ^D.


You might also consider installing a mail client, like pine, elm, or mutt.
They're all in ports/mail.

David

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