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Asked: 2012-05-17 22:43:49 +0800 CST

ssmtp - Mail command not found

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I've installed ssmtp and I can send emails fine using the ssmtp command. However the mail command doesn't work. How do I set this up?

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    The command mail is usually provided by the mailx package.

    License : BSD with advertising and MPLv1.1 Description : Mailx is an enhanced mail command, which provides the functionality : of the POSIX mailx command, as well as SysV mail and Berkeley Mail : (from which it is derived).

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  2. In case you're using Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install mailutils

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  3. If you are using Red Hat / CentOS: sudo yum -y install mailx

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