need help send mail from command line or script

sorry to ask that simple question, but google searches failed
OS Open Suse 11.1 latest patches october 2010
postfix running perfect
no gui installed, just a web and mail server
wolud send mail from script startet by cron
tested fom command line
mail -s … brings command not found
sendmail with differnt option found by google search bings nothing mus stop with ctrl-C or error sendmail [options]
man sendmail bings command not found

can anyone give me a hint or url to bring me forther
thanks

mk

/usr/bin/mail and /usr/bin/mailx come from the mailx package, at least on 11.2. Check that mailx is installed.