Hi you can send the mail via telnet with the below steps... [root@sachin tmp]# telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 220 sachin.xyz.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.4/8.14.4; Sat, ehlo A 250-sachin.xyz.com Hello localhost.localdomain [127.0 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP mail from: xyz@xxxxxxx 250 2.1.0 xyz@xxxxxxxxxx Sender ok rcpt to: abc@xxxxxxx 250 2.1.5 abc@xxxxxxxxxx Recipient ok data 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself subject: test . 250 2.0.0 p1J63Mv6025894 Message accepted for delivery Regards Sachin On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 22:14 +0800, sunhux G wrote: > I recall seeing somewhere but I've lost the commands / syntax: > > I'm on a Linux box & would like to send a mail to another Linux box > using IP address (ie in the format > remote_recipient_id@IP_address_of_remote_box). > > What's the full mailx command to do this (kindly include examples) ? > > > Also, I recall seeing someone issuing the following to send emails: > telnet localhost 25 > HELO ... > .... TO:<...> > ........ > > What's the exact syntax/sequence of commands? > > > Thanks > U > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list