sending email to web mail or local admin

**lord_valarian** · 22-Jan-2022, 16:10

I need to be able send web-mail and send to local admin with an attachment. I'v done some research and found various commands.

mail
mailx
sendmail
...

Which one(s) are common to distros and allow both local and webmail? Preferred, no additional installs and no system cfg setup? Please show recommended formatting based on following code.

Current line (not tested):

Code:

 cat /var/log/VirusVault/VirusFoundZipSendEmailBody.cfg | mail -r "$Zip_Send_Email" -s "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject" "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject"

Thanks...

**karlmistelberger** · 23-Jan-2022, 00:03

Originally Posted by lord_valarian

I need to be able send web-mail and send to local admin with an attachment. I'v done some research and found various commands.

mail
mailx
sendmail
...

Which one(s) are common to distros and allow both local and webmail? Preferred, no additional installs and no system cfg setup? Please show recommended formatting based on following code.

Current line (not tested):

Code:

 cat /var/log/VirusVault/VirusFoundZipSendEmailBody.cfg | mail -r "$Zip_Send_Email" -s "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject" "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject"

Thanks...

Some years ago I configured postfix / fetchmail: https://karlmistelberger.wordpress.c...nsuse-desktop/ See also: https://www.binarytides.com/linux-mailx-command/

**marel** · 23-Jan-2022, 13:38

On a normal system mail is setup as the default mailer:

Code:

> ls -l /usr/bin/mail 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan  7 20:46 /usr/bin/mail -> /etc/alternatives/mail

So if I want something that works common to distros I would opt for mail.

**lord_valarian** · 23-Jan-2022, 22:34

Originally Posted by marel

On a normal system mail is setup as the default mailer:

Code:

> ls -l /usr/bin/mail 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jan  7 20:46 /usr/bin/mail -> /etc/alternatives/mail

So if I want something that works common to distros I would opt for mail.

Oops, buggy line. Here the section of code. Note, 'f' option sends to folder.

Code:

          elif [[ "$Parm_Options" == *'m'* ]]; then
               if [[ "$Parm_Folder_Email" == '@' ]]; then
                    Zip_Send_Email="$VirusFoundZipSendEmailTo"
               else
                    Zip_Send_Email="$Parm_Folder_Email"
               fi
               printf "To       -> %s\n" "$Zip_Send_Email"
               printf "From     -> %s\n" "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailFrom"
               printf "Subject  -> %s\n" "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject"
               printf "Body     -> \n"
               cat /var/log/VirusVault/VirusFoundZipSendEmailBody.cfg
               printf "Sending Email...\n"
               cat /var/log/VirusVault/VirusFoundZipSendEmailBody.cfg | mail -r "$Zip_Send_Email" -s "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject" "$Zip_Send_Email"
          fi

Mail is the local users tool only? Do I need to start a mail server? Then shut it down to get it to send to a webmail adress?

Code:

# ls -l /usr/bin/mail 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec  1 08:24 /usr/bin/mail -> mailx
#ls -l /etc/alternatives/mail 
ls: cannot access '/etc/alternatives/mail': No such file or directory

**karlmistelberger** · 23-Jan-2022, 22:53

Originally Posted by lord_valarian

Oops, buggy line. Here the section of code. Note, 'f' option sends to folder.

Code:

          elif [[ "$Parm_Options" == *'m'* ]]; then
               if [[ "$Parm_Folder_Email" == '@' ]]; then
                    Zip_Send_Email="$VirusFoundZipSendEmailTo"
               else
                    Zip_Send_Email="$Parm_Folder_Email"
               fi
               printf "To       -> %s\n" "$Zip_Send_Email"
               printf "From     -> %s\n" "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailFrom"
               printf "Subject  -> %s\n" "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject"
               printf "Body     -> \n"
               cat /var/log/VirusVault/VirusFoundZipSendEmailBody.cfg
               printf "Sending Email...\n"
               cat /var/log/VirusVault/VirusFoundZipSendEmailBody.cfg | mail -r "$Zip_Send_Email" -s "$VirusFoundZipSendEmailSubject" "$Zip_Send_Email"
          fi

Mail is the local users tool only? Do I need to start a mail server? Then shut it down to get it to send to a webmail adress?

Code:

# ls -l /usr/bin/mail 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec  1 08:24 /usr/bin/mail -> mailx
#ls -l /etc/alternatives/mail 
ls: cannot access '/etc/alternatives/mail': No such file or directory

What most distributions use:

Code:

erlangen:~ # readlink -f /usr/bin/mail 
/usr/bin/mailx 
erlangen:~ # rpm -qf /usr/bin/mailx        
mailx-12.5-32.2.x86_64 
erlangen:~ # zypper if mailx           
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 


Information for package mailx: 
------------------------------ 
Repository     : Haupt-Repository (OSS) 
Name           : mailx 
Version        : 12.5-32.2 
Arch           : x86_64 
Vendor         : openSUSE 
Installed Size : 576.5 KiB 
Installed      : Yes 
Status         : up-to-date 
Source package : mailx-12.5-32.2.src 
Summary        : A MIME-Capable Implementation of the mailx Command 
Description    :  
    Nail is a mail user agent derived from Berkeley Mail 8.1.  It is 
    intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX.2 mailx command with 
    additional support for MIME messages, POP3, and SMTP.  In recent system 
    environments, nail is Unicode/UTF-8 capable.  Further, it contains some 
    minor enhancements like the ability to set a "From:" address. 

erlangen:~ #

Code:

erlangen:~ # zypper if postfix 
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 


Information for package postfix: 
-------------------------------- 
Repository     : Haupt-Repository (OSS) 
Name           : postfix 
Version        : 3.6.2-7.3 
Arch           : x86_64 
Vendor         : openSUSE 
Installed Size : 3.4 MiB 
Installed      : Yes 
Status         : up-to-date 
Source package : postfix-3.6.2-7.3.src 
Summary        : A fast, secure, and flexible mailer 
Description    :  
    Postfix aims to be an alternative to the widely-used sendmail program. 

erlangen:~ #

Configuring postfix using "yast2 mail" takes a few minutes at most. But that is not an option for users who want to tinker.

**lord_valarian** · 24-Jan-2022, 23:12

Originally Posted by karlmistelberger

What most distributions use:

Code:

erlangen:~ # readlink -f /usr/bin/mail 
/usr/bin/mailx 
erlangen:~ # rpm -qf /usr/bin/mailx        
mailx-12.5-32.2.x86_64 
erlangen:~ # zypper if mailx           
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 


Information for package mailx: 
------------------------------ 
Repository     : Haupt-Repository (OSS) 
Name           : mailx 
Version        : 12.5-32.2 
Arch           : x86_64 
Vendor         : openSUSE 
Installed Size : 576.5 KiB 
Installed      : Yes 
Status         : up-to-date 
Source package : mailx-12.5-32.2.src 
Summary        : A MIME-Capable Implementation of the mailx Command 
Description    :  
    Nail is a mail user agent derived from Berkeley Mail 8.1.  It is 
    intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX.2 mailx command with 
    additional support for MIME messages, POP3, and SMTP.  In recent system 
    environments, nail is Unicode/UTF-8 capable.  Further, it contains some 
    minor enhancements like the ability to set a "From:" address. 

erlangen:~ #

Code:

erlangen:~ # zypper if postfix 
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 


Information for package postfix: 
-------------------------------- 
Repository     : Haupt-Repository (OSS) 
Name           : postfix 
Version        : 3.6.2-7.3 
Arch           : x86_64 
Vendor         : openSUSE 
Installed Size : 3.4 MiB 
Installed      : Yes 
Status         : up-to-date 
Source package : postfix-3.6.2-7.3.src 
Summary        : A fast, secure, and flexible mailer 
Description    :  
    Postfix aims to be an alternative to the widely-used sendmail program. 

erlangen:~ #

Configuring postfix using "yast2 mail" takes a few minutes at most. But that is not an option for users who want to tinker.

Code:

# zypper if postfix 
Loading repository data... 
Reading installed packages... 


Information for package postfix: 
-------------------------------- 
Repository     : Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 
Name           : postfix 
Version        : 3.5.9-5.9.2 
Arch           : x86_64 
Vendor         : SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> 
Installed Size : 3.2 MiB 
Installed      : Yes (automatically) 
Status         : up-to-date 
Source package : postfix-3.5.9-5.9.2.src 
Summary        : A fast, secure, and flexible mailer 
Description    :  
    Postfix aims to be an alternative to the widely-used sendmail program.

The script has to setup everything in the code. I have many different auto-setup sections for many items. If postfix is needed to use mailx, I need to make a cross linux distros auto-setup.

**lord_valarian** · 23-Jan-2022, 22:39

Originally Posted by karlmistelberger

Some years ago I configured postfix / fetchmail: https://karlmistelberger.wordpress.c...nsuse-desktop/ See also: https://www.binarytides.com/linux-mailx-command/

One page is in german, I think that's the language. I can read some of it.

**lord_valarian** · 23-Jan-2022, 22:53

Note: mail or mailx produces no output to debug. I tried it with local_username and I think it worked.

**karlmistelberger** · 23-Jan-2022, 23:21

Originally Posted by lord_valarian

Note: mail or mailx produces no output to debug. I tried it with local_username and I think it worked.

You may try "mailx -d".

**karlmistelberger** · 23-Jan-2022, 23:42

mailx -v sends a comprehensive message:

Code:

Mail Delivery Status Report

Von:    Mail Delivery System <MAILER-DAEMON@localhost>
An:    Ich
Datum:    24.01.22 07:24
This is the mail system at host localhost.

Enclosed is the mail delivery report that you requested.

                   The mail system

<karl.mistelberger@....>: delivery via
    mail.mnet-online.de[62.245.150.229]:25: 250 2.0.0 from
    MTA(smtp:[frontend01.mail.intern.m-online.net]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued
    as 4Jj0MW4kDcz1qqkB
Unbenannt
Delivery report
Return-Path: <karl.....>
Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 1000)
        id B8D16542DC; Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:24:54 +0100 (CET)
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:24:54 +0100
From: karl.....
To: karl....
Subject: test
Message-ID: <61ee4636.SbdEG3d6UXRw6TUg%karl.....>
User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

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