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jini
Asked: 2010-06-25 14:24:28 +0800 CST

How to send a file as an email attachment on a Centos box?

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I have tried the following:

mailx -s "test" [email protected]

which says bash no command found.

also have tried : Mail -s "test" [email protected]

which says /usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory

even though the file name is valid

centos sendmail

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    For basic sending, just try echo "Body Text" | mutt -a <file> -s "test" [email protected].

    Now, as Sleske mentioned, you might need to modify /etc/mail/sendmail.mc to configure this differently. But if you're just wanting to send, and not receive, E-Mails locally, and you've already got an MX record for xyz.com, I think you should be all set.

    Also, given your 'command not found' issues, double check you have MTAs installed. use rpm -q sendmail or rpm -q mutt, and see if you find any packages.


    --Chris

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  2. (  cat body.txt 
   uuencode pic.jpg pic.jpg
) | mailx -s "subject" [email protected]

    try this

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  3. You first need to set up a local mail server, and configure it to send mails (usually by passing them on to your ISP's relaying mail server).

    See e.g. How do I set up a basic mail server for the first time?

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