Mailx

How to send mail from unix machine
this is my syntax
mailx -s "test" [email protected]
after typing the above command, Just it is blinking on the next screen whehter I have to press any key to send
any help would be highly appreciated

Girish Sharma wrote:
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Google will definatly give you answer.
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Girish SharmaI totally agree here !!
Try also to understand the UNIX basics.
And maybe post these questions on LINUX forums ?
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Zip file of 8 Mb size is not been recived when using mailx in solaris 10

Hi,
I'm trying to send a zip file of 8 Mb using below cmd
uuencode .zip .zip|mailx -s " zip " [email protected]
But i dont recieve the file. but I get mails from that system(just to make sure that mailing works from that system).
What could be the reason? Is there any other way to send mail with attached of 8mb .zip file?
Please suggest
Chaitanya

>
This forum is for Sun Messaging Server software only. If you are running Sun Messaging Server on the system in question what is the exact version (./imsimta version). If not I suggest you direct your question to the appropriate forum:
http://forums.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=844
I'm trying to send a zip file of 8 Mb using below cmd
uuencode .zip .zip|mailx -s " zip " [email protected]
But i dont recieve the file. but I get mails from that system(just to make sure that mailing works from that system).
What could be the reason? Is there any other way to send mail with attached of 8mb .zip file?A uuencoded attachment is ~30% larger then the original file so if your MTA is rejecting emails > 10MB this would explain the behaviour you are seeing. Can you send a smaller attachment?
Regards,
Shane.

Mailx occasionally crashes with this output

could not initiate SSL/TLS connection: error:00000000 *** Error in `mailx': double free or corruption ======= Backtrace: =========
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x71bad)[0x7fbe3b164bad]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x770fe)[0x7fbe3b16a0fe]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(+0x778db)[0x7fbe3b16a8db]
/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0(CRYPTO_free+0x1d)[0x7fbe3b97f30d]
mailx[0x44d1cd]
mailx[0x4492fc]
mailx[0x44997c]
mailx[0x44c049]
mailx[0x44c154]
mailx[0x406fbc]
/usr/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7fbe3b113790]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00473000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2509800 00672000-00673000 r--p 00072000 08:02 2509800 00673000-00674000 rw-p 00073000 08:02 2509800 00674000-00684000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
00d10000-00d52000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 00d52000-00d76000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7fbe38e3a000-7fbe38e50000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493899 7fbe38e50000-7fbe3904f000 ---p 00016000 08:02 2493899 7fbe3904f000-7fbe39050000 rw-p 00015000 08:02 2493899 7fbe39050000-7fbe39054000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2500861 7fbe39054000-7fbe39253000 ---p 00004000 08:02 2500861 7fbe39253000-7fbe39254000 r--p 00003000 08:02 2500861 7fbe39254000-7fbe39255000 rw-p 00004000 08:02 2500861 7fbe39255000-7fbe3925c000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493561 7fbe3925c000-7fbe3945b000 ---p 00007000 08:02 2493561 7fbe3945b000-7fbe3945c000 r--p 00006000 08:02 2493561 7fbe3945c000-7fbe3945d000 rw-p 00007000 08:02 2493561 7fbe3945d000-7fbe39560000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493588 7fbe39560000-7fbe3975f000 ---p 00103000 08:02 2493588 7fbe3975f000-7fbe39760000 r--p 00102000 08:02 2493588 7fbe39760000-7fbe39761000 rw-p 00103000 08:02 2493588 7fbe39761000-7fbe39765000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2500990 7fbe39765000-7fbe39964000 ---p 00004000 08:02 2500990 7fbe39964000-7fbe39965000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 2500990 7fbe39965000-7fbe3996a000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493571 7fbe3996a000-7fbe39b69000 ---p 00005000 08:02 2493571 7fbe39b69000-7fbe39b6a000 r--p 00004000 08:02 2493571 7fbe39b6a000-7fbe39b6b000 rw-p 00005000 08:02 2493571 7fbe39b6b000-7fbe39b76000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493529 7fbe39b76000-7fbe39d76000 ---p 0000b000 08:02 2493529 7fbe39d76000-7fbe39d77000 r--p 0000b000 08:02 2493529 7fbe39d77000-7fbe39d78000 rw-p 0000c000 08:02 2493529 7fbe39d78000-7fbe39d90000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493560 7fbe39d90000-7fbe39f8f000 ---p 00018000 08:02 2493560 7fbe39f8f000-7fbe39f90000 r--p 00017000 08:02 2493560 7fbe39f90000-7fbe39f91000 rw-p 00018000 08:02 2493560 7fbe39f91000-7fbe39f95000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe39f95000-7fbe39fa9000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493525 7fbe39fa9000-7fbe3a1a8000 ---p 00014000 08:02 2493525 7fbe3a1a8000-7fbe3a1a9000 r--p 00013000 08:02 2493525 7fbe3a1a9000-7fbe3a1aa000 rw-p 00014000 08:02 2493525 7fbe3a1aa000-7fbe3a1ac000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe3a1ac000-7fbe3a1af000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2500510 7fbe3a1af000-7fbe3a3ae000 ---p 00003000 08:02 2500510 7fbe3a3ae000-7fbe3a3af000 r--p 00002000 08:02 2500510 7fbe3a3af000-7fbe3a3b0000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 2500510 7fbe3a3b0000-7fbe3a3bc000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2500602 7fbe3a3bc000-7fbe3a5bb000 ---p 0000c000 08:02 2500602 7fbe3a5bb000-7fbe3a5bc000 r--p 0000b000 08:02 2500602 7fbe3a5bc000-7fbe3a5bd000 rw-p 0000c000 08:02 2500602 7fbe3a5bd000-7fbe3a5c0000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2496826 7fbe3a5c0000-7fbe3a7bf000 ---p 00003000 08:02 2496826 7fbe3a7bf000-7fbe3a7c0000 r--p 00002000 08:02 2496826 7fbe3a7c0000-7fbe3a7c1000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 2496826 7fbe3a7c1000-7fbe3a7f0000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2500600 7fbe3a7f0000-7fbe3a9ef000 ---p 0002f000 08:02 2500600 7fbe3a9ef000-7fbe3a9f2000 r--p 0002e000 08:02 2500600 7fbe3a9f2000-7fbe3a9f3000 rw-p 00031000 08:02 2500600 7fbe3a9f3000-7fbe3a9f4000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe3a9f4000-7fbe3aac9000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2500578 7fbe3aac9000-7fbe3acc8000 ---p 000d5000 08:02 2500578 7fbe3acc8000-7fbe3acd6000 r--p 000d4000 08:02 2500578 7fbe3acd6000-7fbe3acd9000 rw-p 000e2000 08:02 2500578 7fbe3acd9000-7fbe3acee000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2496635 7fbe3acee000-7fbe3aeed000 ---p 00015000 08:02 2496635 7fbe3aeed000-7fbe3aeee000 r--p 00014000 08:02 2496635 7fbe3aeee000-7fbe3aeef000 rw-p 00015000 08:02 2496635 7fbe3aeef000-7fbe3aef2000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493570 7fbe3aef2000-7fbe3b0f1000 ---p 00003000 08:02 2493570 7fbe3b0f1000-7fbe3b0f2000 r--p 00002000 08:02 2493570 7fbe3b0f2000-7fbe3b0f3000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 2493570 7fbe3b0f3000-7fbe3b28c000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493540 7fbe3b28c000-7fbe3b48b000 ---p 00199000 08:02 2493540 7fbe3b48b000-7fbe3b48f000 r--p 00198000 08:02 2493540 7fbe3b48f000-7fbe3b491000 rw-p 0019c000 08:02 2493540 7fbe3b491000-7fbe3b495000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe3b495000-7fbe3b4c7000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2502025 7fbe3b4c7000-7fbe3b6c7000 ---p 00032000 08:02 2502025 7fbe3b6c7000-7fbe3b6c8000 r--p 00032000 08:02 2502025 7fbe3b6c8000-7fbe3b6c9000 rw-p 00033000 08:02 2502025 7fbe3b6c9000-7fbe3b713000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2500597 7fbe3b713000-7fbe3b912000 ---p 0004a000 08:02 2500597 7fbe3b912000-7fbe3b914000 r--p 00049000 08:02 2500597 7fbe3b914000-7fbe3b916000 rw-p 0004b000 08:02 2500597 7fbe3b916000-7fbe3bb63000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2496639 7fbe3bb63000-7fbe3bd62000 ---p 0024d000 08:02 2496639 7fbe3bd62000-7fbe3bd7e000 r--p 0024c000 08:02 2496639 7fbe3bd7e000-7fbe3bd8a000 rw-p 00268000 08:02 2496639 7fbe3bd8a000-7fbe3bd8d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe3bd8d000-7fbe3bdfc000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2498706 7fbe3bdfc000-7fbe3bffc000 ---p 0006f000 08:02 2498706 7fbe3bffc000-7fbe3c001000 r--p 0006f000 08:02 2498706 7fbe3c001000-7fbe3c008000 rw-p 00074000 08:02 2498706 7fbe3c008000-7fbe3c02a000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2493584 7fbe3c072000-7fbe3c07f000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 2502870 7fbe3c07f000-7fbe3c080000 ---p 0000d000 08:02 2502870 7fbe3c080000-7fbe3c082000 r--p 0000d000 08:02 2502870 7fbe3c082000-7fbe3c083000 rw-p 0000f000 08:02 2502870 7fbe3c08d000-7fbe3c216000 r--p 00000000 08:02 2511774 7fbe3c216000-7fbe3c21f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe3c226000-7fbe3c227000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe3c228000-7fbe3c229000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbe3c229000-7fbe3c22a000 r--p 00021000 08:02 2493584 7fbe3c22a000-7fbe3c22b000 rw-p 00022000 08:02 2493584 7fbe3c22b000-7fbe3c22c000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7ffe5472f000-7ffe54750000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7ffe54763000-7ffe54765000 r--p 00000000 00:00 0 7ffe54765000-7ffe54767000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 On my Arch file server, I have a bash script :lib(0):func(0):reason(0)
(fasttop): 0x0000000000d593b0 ***
/> /> /usr/bin/mail
/usr/bin/mail
/usr/bin/mail
[heap]
[heap]
/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
/usr/lib/librt-2.21.so
/usr/lib/librt-2.21.so
/usr/lib/librt-2.21.so
/usr/lib/librt-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libm-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libm-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libm-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libm-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libcap.so.2.24
/usr/lib/libcap.so.2.24
/usr/lib/libcap.so.2.24
/usr/lib/libnss_dns-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_dns-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_dns-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_dns-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_files-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_files-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_files-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_files-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libpthread-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libresolv-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libresolv-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libresolv-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libresolv-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libkeyutils.so.1.5
/usr/lib/libkeyutils.so.1.5
/usr/lib/libkeyutils.so.1.5
/usr/lib/libkeyutils.so.1.5
/usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
/usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
/usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
/usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
/usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
/usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
/usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
/usr/lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
/usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
/usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.8
/usr/lib/libdl-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libdl-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libdl-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libdl-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libc-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libc-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libc-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libc-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libidn.so.11.6.13
/usr/lib/libidn.so.11.6.13
/usr/lib/libidn.so.11.6.13
/usr/lib/libidn.so.11.6.13
/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
/usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/ld-2.21.so
/usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib/libnss_myhostname.so.2
/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
/usr/lib/ld-2.21.so
/usr/lib/ld-2.21.so
[stack]
[vvar]
[vdso]
[vsyscall]
that downloads podcasts & then e-mails me when complete. I use mailx to send a message to my postfix-based Arch mail server, hosted offsite. The connection does use TLS 1.2, as part of the output references. This setup has worked for several years, but recently I sporadically get this crash. Any ideas what it might be?

Hello,
i am the maintainer of S-nail / mail(x).
Have you updated to v14.8.2?
There was a bug lingering in the codebase since 2001, and a recent change (in v14.8.1) caused that codepath to actually execute even for short-time use cases like sending mail from the command line etc.
Would you be so kind and confirm that your use case works again?
Thank you!!

How to send a file as an attachment using mailx

Hi
Can any one tel me how to send a file as an attachment using mailx command in shell script.
Thanks,
Suman.

Wrong forum where to ask such questions.
Check this one link:
http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/18370-sending-email-text-attachment-using-mailx.html?t=18370#post70254

SMTP-auth via mailx results in service unavailable

Why do my attempts to use mailx with Gandi SMTP fail with 'Service unavailable'?
I have the following ~/.mailrc file which is recognised by mailx:
set smtp=smtps://mail.gandi.net:465
set smtp-auth=login
set smtp-auth-user=harry@XXXXXXX
set smtp-auth-password=XXXXXXX
set from=harry@XXXXXXX
set ssl-verify=ignore
set nss-config-dir=/Users/neville/Thunderbird
The result is below.
From MAILER-DAEMON Thu Dec 20 15:41:47 2012
Return-Path: <>
X-Original-To: [email protected]
Delivered-To: [email protected]
Received: by G4-N-2.local (Postfix)
          id D4E2DA382D6; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:41:47 +0000 (GMT)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:41:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: [email protected] (Mail Delivery System)
Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
To: [email protected]
Auto-Submitted: auto-replied
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
          boundary="78E73A382D4.1356018107/G4-N-2.local"
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
This is a MIME-encapsulated message.
--78E73A382D4.1356018107/G4-N-2.local
Content-Description: Notification
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
This is the mail system at host G4-N-2.local.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.
                   The mail system
<neville@XXXXXXX>: host spool.mail.gandi.net[217.70.184.6] said: 554 5.7.1
    Service unavailable; Client host [XXXXXXX] blocked using
    pbl.spamhaus.org; http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=XXXXXXX (in
    reply to RCPT TO command)
--78E73A382D4.1356018107/G4-N-2.local
Content-Description: Delivery report
Content-Type: message/delivery-status
Reporting-MTA: dns; G4-N-2.local
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 78E73A382D4
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; [email protected]
Arrival-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:41:47 +0000 (GMT)
Final-Recipient: rfc822; neville@XXXXXXX
Action: failed
Status: 5.7.1
Remote-MTA: dns; spool.mail.gandi.net
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host
    [XXXXXXX] blocked using pbl.spamhaus.org;
    http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip=XXXXXXX
--78E73A382D4.1356018107/G4-N-2.local
Content-Description: Undelivered Message
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Received: by G4-N-2.local (Postfix, from userid 501)
          id 78E73A382D4; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:41:47 +0000 (GMT)
To: neville@XXXXXXX
Subject: test
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:41:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: [email protected] (Neville Hillyer)
test email
--78E73A382D4.1356018107/G4-N-2.local--

http://www.spamhaus.org says:
Mail servers only run spam filters such as Spamhaus PBL on port 25, so if you find you are being blocked by the PBL when you try to send mail to your mail server that means you are not communicating with the mail server on the 'authenticated' port 587 but you're still on port 25. This means your 'SMTP Authentication' is not working correctly.
http://wiki.gandi.net/en/mail/standard-settings#smtp-account says:
SMTP Account
Name server : mail.gandi.net
Port : 25, 465 (with SSL) or 587 (try one or the other)
TLS or SSL: yes
SMTP Authentication : yes, using the same settings as for the POP / IMAP account
I was trying to use the same settings I have used for several years with Thunderbird and Apple Mail, ie SSL on port 465.
Is there something wrong with my settings which could be preventing mailx from using port 465?
A few debug tips would be appreciated.
Your link causes me to ask: Does the mailx on Leopard support SMTP directly?

Mailx command unable to send mail to internal email server

Hi,
I am trying to send mail from my shell program registered as concurrent request in R12 its working fine for external server like (gmail,yahoo,hotmail etc) but when Im trying to send mail to internal mail within organization it fails. It does'nt error out though. Our dba has been working on the same but no luck. Any inputs will be of great help.
echo "Mail"|mailx -s "Test Mail from DEV" "[email protected]" ( fails within internal domain)
echo "Mail"|mailx -s "Test Mail from DEV" "[email protected]" ( successfully sends mail within external domain)
I tried disabling the dns resolution for public sites in the configuration file (/etc/resolve.conf) but no luck. Thanks in advance.
Thanks,
Ahmed

Thanks Koushik for your prompt reply. You mean the configuration file /etc/resolve.conf right? Here you go. If I comment all the below lines the mail does not work even for external sites as well.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------resolve.conf-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
search companymaildomain.com
nameserver aa.aa.aaa.a
nameserver bbb.bb.bb.b
Here first line has the company domain
second and third line is the ip address of primary and secondary dns server
Thanks,
Ahmed

Mailx problem

Hi.
Maybe stupid but I can't send mail with mailx 8.1.1-2
[root@host] pacman -Ql mailx
mailx /etc/
mailx /etc/mail.rc
mailx /usr/
mailx /usr/bin/
mailx /usr/bin/mail
mailx /usr/man/
mailx /usr/man/man1/
mailx /usr/man/man1/mail.1.gz
mailx /usr/share/
mailx /usr/share/misc/
mailx /usr/share/misc/mail.help
mailx /usr/share/misc/mail.tildehelp
package is required when using cron, problem is that is seems not to be working without sendmail, should not be relying on it if not available I think.
Output when trying to send mail
mail -s test root@localhost
testing
EOT
/usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory:
mail and mailx command seems to be different and did look at src dir when building the package and binary file is "mail" and not "mailx" which is missing on my system
What is wrong here?
/xor
Arch Linux 0.7 (Wombat)
Linux xor 2.6.7 #1 Sun Aug 8 20:39:05 CEST 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

pacman -Qo /usr/sbin/sendmail
/usr/sbin/sendmail is owned by postfix 2.1.4-1
fire up that pacman with -S postfix

Using Mailx to read emails - Simplify the view

Hi,
I've just started using the mailx program, from heirloom-mailx in the core repo, to send and read my emails. This is great, no more extra cruft that I have to wait load and I can pipe any results of commands straight to my inbox. My queery is regarding the format of messages. Is there anyway I can not display the headers of emails when I read them?
I dont mean the "headers" that are displayed when the program is run to show the new messages, I mean the info when you open a message, like "From", "Delivered-To", "Return-Path" etc. Some of these are useful, but some are so long that my message starts right down the bottom of the screen. The best solution would be to customise this to display only "From", "To" "Date" and then the message, but as I've just seen all that on the original screen, I could manage without.
Thanks for your help.
J.
Tl;Dr
I just want to read emails, can I display just some of the email header, or none, and then the message in the mailx program?

Doesn't SAS have a direct connection library that does not use ODBC? maybe their pass-though access:
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/acreldb/63647/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a001405615.htm

Mailx is not working on redhat 5

Hi All,
I am working with Redhat 5 servers.my mailx is not working in the server.Please help me to solve this issue.
I have schedule some scripts in crontab for monitoring .

Kindly confirm this is an Oracle forum and not an Unix or a Linux forum.
Please repost your off-topic question somewhere else.
Thank you!
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

[SOLVED] mailx error and inconsistency

I'm finalizing a set of utilities that is supposed to send me a text message, via mailx. However, when I set the recipient's email (my email-to-text address: [email protected]) and send the message, I never recieve the email. In addition, I even tried sending texts in a similar manner to, for instance, friends with other phones ([email protected]), but to no avail.
I find this strange because my friend can send me one from his school's server, via mailx ([email protected]). I also find this strange because I can successfully send messages to my personal email account.
I'm sure that I'm missing something, but I have no idea what.
[edited: the flow of the original post was pretty incoherent]
Last edited by apolyonn (2014-03-25 17:16:27)

roentgen wrote:Looks like a copy paste error to me.
Thanks for clarifying XD I fixed those two lines. The error still persisted, but I found this article, which offered a solution: progress! However, I was still getting an error:
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/pickup[13649]: 0567C181954: uid=1000 from=<username>
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/cleanup[13655]: 0567C181954: message-id=<20140325165508.0567C181954@Linuxhost>
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/qmgr[13648]: 0567C181954: from=<username@Linuxhost>, size=411, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/smtp[13657]: warning: database /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db is older than source file /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/smtp[13657]: connect to smtp.googlemail.com[2607:f8b0:400d:c00::10]:587: Network is unreachable
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/smtp[13657]: 0567C181954: to=<[email protected]>, relay=smtp.googlemail.com[173.194.76.16]:587, delay=0.82, delays=0.11/0.19/0.48/0.05, dsn=5.5.1, status=bounced (host smtp.googlemail.com[173.194.76.16] said: 530-5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at 530 5.5.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 h90sm27856514qgf.3 - gsmtp (in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/cleanup[13655]: E41EF181ADB: message-id=<20140325165508.E41EF181ADB@Linuxhost>
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/bounce[13659]: 0567C181954: sender non-delivery notification: E41EF181ADB
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/qmgr[13648]: E41EF181ADB: from=<>, size=2383, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar 25 12:55:08 Linuxhost postfix/qmgr[13648]: 0567C181954: removed
Mar 25 12:55:09 Linuxhost postfix/local[13660]: E41EF181ADB: to=<username@Linuxhost>, relay=local, delay=0.11, delays=0.05/0.01/0/0.05, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
Mar 25 12:55:09 Linuxhost postfix/qmgr[13648]: E41EF181ADB: removed
Mar 25 12:56:23 Linuxhost postfix/smtp[13493]: 2476E18162A: to=<[email protected]>, relay=smtp.googlemail.com[173.194.68.16]:465, delay=300, delays=0.1/0.02/300/0, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (conversation with smtp.googlemail.com[173.194.68.16] timed out while receiving the initial server greeting)
Did a little more digging, starting with this, from the above log:
warning: database /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd.db is older than source file /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
Ran across this forum discussion about postfix. Then I remembered that I changed the both main.cf and sasl_password from smtp.gmail.com to smtp.googlemail.com, which mirrors my Thunderbird credentials. But, I never issued the postmap command to update the db file. So, I simply ran:
sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
sudo postfix reload
and now it's working great.
NOTABLE HIGHLIGHT FROM MY ENDEAVOUR:
Use smtp.googlemail.com if smtp.gmail.com doesn't work
Final main.cf:
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version
# Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Arch)
biff = no
# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
readme_directory = no
# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.
myhostname = Sera
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
mydestination = $myhostname localhost.$mydomain localhost
# Sera, localhost.localdomain, localhost
relayhost = [smtp.googlemail.com]:587
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
default_transport = smtp
relay_transport = smtp
inet_protocols = all
# use sasl when authenticating to foreign smtp servers
smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes
# path to password map file
smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
# List of CAs to trust when verifying server certificatee
smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
# eliminates default security options which are incompatible wtih gmail
smtp_sasl_security_options =
smtp_tls_security_level = may
smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
Thanks a bunch for your help!
Solved.
Last edited by apolyonn (2014-03-25 17:17:03)

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test body
EOT
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2> touch /etc/resolv.conf and put all the nameservers ( it was not copied by default when zone was created)
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I can't seem to find any information on setting additional headers (specifically Content-Type) when sending a message via mailx
I can send text/plain messages, but I need to send text/html content.
cat test.html | mailx -s "Testing" [email protected]
I've tried including headers at the top of my file, but mailx just ignores them.
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To:[email protected]
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on a solaris sparc 9 environment mailx command is unable to send mails to the outside world. What could be the reason & needs to be checked?
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I have checked the following.
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ps -elf|grep mail - It is UP.
2. edit /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSmyservername
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root
daemon
uucp
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[email protected].. Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay...
220 sflxdb07.donerus.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.1/8.13.1; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:24:12-0500
EHLO sflxdb07.donerus.com250-sflxdb07.donerus.com Hello localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
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250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
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RCPT To:<[email protected]>
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354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
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Hi,
After doing the changes, restarted sendmail and observed the maillog, it is showing the following error:
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26555]: alias database /etc/aliases rebuilt by root
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26555]: /etc/aliases: 78 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 802 bytes total
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/Sendmail.conf) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libntlm.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libdigestmd5.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/liblogin.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libgssapiv2.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libsql.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libsasldb.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libplain.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libanonymous.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
Mar 9 08:20:39 sflxdb07 sendmail[26559]: error: safesasl(/usr/lib/sasl2/libcrammd5.so.2) failed: Group writable directory
And also please check
1.my resolv.conf
options attempts:5
options timeout:15
search sflxdb07.donerus.com (Placed my server name)
nameserver 209.220.229.99
nameserver 209.220.229.100
2.sendmail.cf changes
# "Smart" relay host (may be null)
DSsflxdb07.donerus.com
Thanks,
Kavitha

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I am getting the error as:
1) It hangs
2) Sometime it gives error like :
collect: Cannot write ./dfl6JEDUDA020585 (bfcommit, uid=501, gid=51): Permission denied
queueup: cannot create queue file ./qfl6JEDUDA020585, euid=501, fd=-1, fp=0x0: Permission denied
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