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Date:      Thu, 31 May 2001 16:21:18 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
To:        Eric Boucher <eric_boucher60@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: send e-mail in a plain unix-shell
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0105311619150.85052-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010531194216.2752.qmail@web9401.mail.yahoo.com>

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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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