There are probably multiple "mail" commands that are with different packages. The one I mentioned, bsd-mailx, seems to be the standard one that I've come across. It might be the "default" in some setups although I'm not sure about that.
James -----Original Message----- From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: January 18, 2010 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Cc: debian-user Subject: Re: question about sending mail and postfix > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Hardy [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: January 18, 2010 8:32 AM > To: debian-user > Subject: question about sending mail and postfix > > This is possibly an exceptionally easy question to answer because I > feel like all the documentation I've read about sending mail and > postfix starts at step 2, and step 1 is just common knowledge that I > somehow failed to pick up. > > I have a new server online with lenny that I want to configure to send > all its mail for root to my email address, and that's all. I don't > want it to receive any email or relay or anything else. > > I set this up a few years back with postfix and now trying to recreate > this setup, I am running into the problem that the mail command isn't > installed. It obviously doesn't come with postfix and there appears to > be a huge choice of packages that I could choose from in the debian > repositories, but isn't there a default? My guess is that my hosting > service installed such a stripped-down version of lenny that I didn't > get it. James Wu on 18/01/10 14:50, wrote: > Assuming you can install new packages, the mail command comes in the > package bsd-mailx. Otherwise, you can try using the Postfix sendmail > command. You'll probably have to read the man page as the flags are > different from mail. Hi James thanks. Isn't bsd-mailx just a random choice from all of those listed when I search the repositories? Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
