* James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> [111026 12:26]: > Lavender <lavender_matrix <at> 163.com> writes: > > > So whenever I want to write a email I have to reboot > > my computer and boot the windows system. I'm thinking that > > if I can send or receive mails just under terminal, no > > need web pages or windows. Also at the same time could > > I send mails though the mail server what I use right now under > > terminal? > > A long time ago there was command line syntax called > "mail". I have not used it in a long time, but I'm sure > the old unix sources are around, but it may require > sendmail to be installed. Dunno and my memory is > not reliable that far back (hell, last week's memories are > a stretch if you really want the truth).... > > > Very useful for a variety of uses.... > > I did find this in portage; it seems useful, but > i Have never used this package.... > > Come to think about it, the old mail command line > stuffage may have been BSDish, but too foggy to > recall the details...... > > http://search.cpan.org/dist/MailTools/ > > hth, > > James >
There's mail-client/mailx which provides mail and is what you're thinking of most likely (there were actually a few different mail/Mail/mailx command line UNIX MTAs.) But I wouldn't recommend it for general use (I prefer mutt) though I did use it for such for a number of years in the 80s... Todd
