How to use postfix to send emails

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I am trying to use postfix to send emails from linux host to my email address which is hosted on Microsoft Exchange Server. Linux host is on the same network. I do not understand all the detailed instructions. I want is to use a simple command line to send email from linux host to my email address.

Something like:

sendmail abc@company.com < mail.file

How can I do that ?

Thanks. I had to add myhostname = localhost in /etc/postfix/main.cf. It works now. — Ankur Agarwal, Dec 10 '11 at 00:48

thinice · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-10T00:27:39.893

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Postfix is a full blown SMTP suite, you don't need that to send simple emails.

For that, there's many command line tools: mailx (aka mail) pine, mutt.

I'm a mailx fan myself:

mail -s 'subject' user@email.com < file

Mutt is more comprehensive and allows attachments.

edited Dec 10 '11 at 00:27

answered Dec 10 '11 at 00:22

thinice

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Thanks for response. I tried using mail the way you have demoed. But I don't see any emails coming to me. Is there some configuration I need to change. – Ankur Agarwal Dec 10 '11 at 00:32
Make sure you give things some time - Also check your spam folder. – thinice Dec 10 '11 at 00:40
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There are other things that may be holding the email from delivery - look at `tail /var/log/maillog` to see if there's any clues (Assuming your mail log file may differ slightly in name) – thinice Dec 10 '11 at 00:41
Thanks. I had to add myhostname = localhost in /etc/postfix/main.cf – Ankur Agarwal Dec 10 '11 at 00:47
Its working now. – Ankur Agarwal Dec 10 '11 at 00:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '11 at 00:38

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You can use SendEmail as well

answered Dec 10 '11 at 00:38

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Can you give me the commandline options to do that ? I tried that also but it does not seem to be working. – Ankur Agarwal Dec 10 '11 at 00:39

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