> Wondering why you are not using an email client for sending emails. Any specific reason ? >Just curious.
Its my freedom to use 'any program I like in the GNU distribution. As you know, this freedom is granted to me by the GNU/GPL. If I think, nothing prevents me from doing this. There is no IPC####, which says "You shall not use 'mail' or sendmail commands". There is no sentence in the Bible, which says "Thou shall not use mail and sendmail commands". :-) I know that you are curious, but this is the only reason. > If you have gmail account (actually any email account that support SMTP), it is pretty easy to > setup it in email client and send emails through email clients. I feel mail and sendmail commands are easier than that. > If you prefer using scripts and commands, why not using something similar to phpmailer which > use SMTP (authenticated) internally ? I will try that later on. > The 'mail' command whether it is from the prompt or using some script - is not a good idea >(AFAIK), and as it is not authenticated, emails you send may end up reaching the spam / bulk >folder. I don't know whether the lack of SMTP authentication causes the problem. I will check if its possible to do that using mail or sendmail command. Thanks, Jos Collin 2009/2/11 Dinkar Mohana Pai <[email protected]> > Hello > Wondering why you are not using an email client for sending emails. Any > specific reason ? Just curious. > > If you have gmail account (actually any email account that support SMTP), > it is pretty easy to setup it in email client and send emails through email > clients. > > If you prefer using scripts and commands, why not using something similar > to phpmailer which use SMTP (authenticated) internally ? > > The 'mail' command whether it is from the prompt or using some script - is > not a good idea (AFAIK), and as it is not authenticated, emails you send may > end up reaching the spam / bulk folder. > > Best Regards > Din. > > On 11-Feb-09, at 5:31 PM, Jos Collin wrote: > > I'm sorry to send this email to the community. The emails, which I have > sent using the 'mail' command are going to the spam folder. I did'nt notice > that before sending this email. Now I became an expert in mail and sendmail > commands. > > Let me explain my new problem to you. I can send and email from the command > line to anybody I like. But if I keep on sending emails for more than a day, > the Spam filter (in the server) filters it and moving it to the Spam folder. > I want my emails to appear in the Inbox folder. So is there anything, which > I can specify in my emails so that they can bypass the spam filter? Or is > there any other method to bypass the Spam filter? For eg, If I send an email > to a gmail address using 'mail' command, it should bypass the Spam filter > and go to the Inbox instead of going to the Spam folder. > > Please give your inputs. > > Thanks, > Jos Collin > > 2009/2/11 Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> > >> Dear Jos, >> >> 1) Please put an more 'understandable' subject in the subject line. The >> word 'mail' is altogether vague. >> >> 2) Using / Sending out your mail as 'root' is a BIG BAD NO. No matter how >> much a whiz you are, its bad. As in, B-A-D. >> >> Which distro do you use? (sorry, evident from the logs) >> >> What package does it support? (sorry, evident from the logs) >> >> (But had to wait till this thread to understand it) >> >> Did you 'purge' the package or just 'remove' it? Because if you'd just >> 'remove'd it, the conf files would still be there, and it'd work perfectly >> if you install it back. Only 'purging' do take away the conf files too, with >> it.. >> >> I believe debian uses Exim4 instead of Sendmail by default as the MTA. >> >> Sorry, but were you connected to internet? (hey, I said sorry beforehand, >> ok?) >> >> --- On Fri, 6/2/09, Jos Collin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > pri=120443, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. >> > [209.85.143.27], dsn=5.0.0, >> > stat=Service unavailable >> > Feb 6 13:16:55 debian sm-mta[3880]: n167kCGM003877: >> > n167ktGM003880: DSN: >> > Service unavailable >> >> I think google SMTP server _at least_ requires SSL authentication. Check >> your sendmail.cf to see if it tries to authenticate at every instance. >> >> Your actual username at google, for authentication, is "@googlemail.com" >> and not "@gmail.com". Check for that. >> >> To the best of my belief (correct me if I'm wrong), google doesn't do SMTP >> on port 25. Its either port 465 (with SSL) or port 587 (with TLS). >> >> More info here: >> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=78775 >> >> Suggestion: Ditch Sendmail, use postfix (hey, its only a suggestion, don't >> bite me) ;-) >> >> Disclaimer: I'm no mail expert... YMMV! >> >> No worries, >> Mahesh Aravind >> >> >> Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab now >> http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > >
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