Roland Roland wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> i'm trying to get a script to send me an email whenever a certain
> condition takes place..
> i'm afraid i dont have experience with mail command nor anything else
> related to sending emails for that matter..
>
> i googled a bit and tried using mutt and mail ...
> though i do not recieve any email in my inbox...
>
> the command im using is the following : mail -s “disk space report”
> R_O_L_A_N_D@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> should i setup a default smtp to use? where can i check for the errors
> that are taking place?
Does your machine have a valid domain name? Most places will reject mail if the
From: address can't be resolved, and the mail program will use the user running
the command and the host name to construct this address. Look in
/var/log/maillog to see if that is the problem.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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