mail from the command line ??

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

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On 09/14/2013 11:00 AM, bruce wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Really basic question here, and I've seen 100s of articles on this
>
> if you want to send a test email from the commandline, using an
> external smtp for validation/authentication, what's the "best" app to
> use? Mail, Nail, Sendmail, etc..
>
> I've seen different articles/people saying different things, so I
> thought I'd create a thread here for others to be able to see as
> well..
>
> Thanks
I have used all three. As long as you have your MTA (Sendmail,
Postfix, etc) set up correctly, they all work good. For a basic test
message, they all work about equally well. It is when you want to
send a bunch of mail from a batch file that the differences come
into play. I find Nail is the best of the three if you want to send
a HTML message. (I send out a monthly HTML format calendar.)

Mikkel
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