The mailx program is not window based, and can therefore be run on any terminal. To see which bugs and issues are fixed and no longer apply to the solaris 10 10 08. Hi all, i have one difficulty here with my shell script. If the intended recipient is on the same machine as the sender, the login. Usually i send manual mail through mailx command, as sendmail is configured with relay server, but i am not sure, how to attach file in a mail and set it in cronjob. Mar 20, 2016 mailx is the utility to send emails from solaris to the outside world. If f or file is given, mail operates on the mailbox named by the first argument, or the users mbox, if no argument given.
Send the output of an html file within the email body using mailx. The problem is that we have a 5mb limit on the size of the attachments. Later sections describe features and functions that can enhance your ability to use this program. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10 extended support detailing the benefits that customers can get by.
May 18, 2011 in solaris 9 and above, sendmail uses a 2 queue paradigm structure varspoolmqueue and varspoolclientmqueue. How to attach a file to an email using command line in rhel 6. My client needs this log file every two hour in his mail. In solaris 9 and above, there are 2 sendmail daemons for the 2 queues. Solaris mailx and attachments ars technica openforum. Basic syntax to send emails from linux machine using mailx command is show below. We used the following code to send an attachment using mailx. Tektipss functionality depends on members receiving email. The sample file is used as a basis for the configuration here and, as supplied with solaris, is almost but not quite suitable for use on an intermittently connected dialup system. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. An intended recipients login name and machine name serve as a unique address for the mailx program.
I am using mailx command in my script to attach a file and send an email. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. What is the maximum size for attachment using unix mailx. Dec 27, 20 i have read how to send a mailx message and how to send an attached file in solaris 10.
Find answers to how to send mail using command prompt in solaris 10. To be recognized as html i need to put in email header this information. How to send attachments to mail messages using the oracle solaris mailx 1 command doc id 1201634. Using mailx gives me the content of the file, but i need it as an attachment. Sunos provides a program called mailx for sending and receiving electronic mail email. Seding attachment through mailx on sun solaris codeproject. How to send mail using command prompt in solaris 10. We are moving an application from solaris to linux redhat 6. Currently i am sending an email using mailx by attaching an html file within the email. Become a supporter make a contribution via paypalbitcoin. Hi, im working on solaris 9 sparc and i like to send an html body message to our users when something happen. Fujitsu m10 is sold as sparc m10 systems by fujitsu in japan. In the newer version of mailx the headers that are used in outgoing email.
Also take a read of the ultimate solaris sendmail troubleshooting guide which helps with differences between solaris versions 8, 9, 10. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. It is intended to provide the functionality of the posix mailx command with additional support for mime messages, imap including caching, pop3, smtp, smime, message threadingsorting, scoring, and filtering. Reverse dependencies 0 reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on sendmail. Sometimes when the same command or script is used on rhel 5, the email is displayed as expected in the email client mua. After you change the authentication type for the incoming mail server, email. Nov 08, 2011 this entry was posted in database, how to, linux, misc, unix and tagged attaching file on emails in unix, how to send emails with attachment in unix, mailx, mailx r, mailx s, mailx with attachment, sending email with attachment, sending emails on unix, sending emails with attachment on unix, sending emails with body and attachment, sendmail. How to configure mailx in solaris 10 i want to configure smtp server so i can send mail using mailx utility. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to.
Send file with attachment from a solaris unix to email. Solaris 10 sendmail stopstart march 14, 2010 unix clear, mail queue, mailq, mqueue, sendmail disbale, sendmail stop, solaris 10 jamal ahmed solaris 10. View the frequently asked questions from the ibm bigfix patch for solaris users guide in ibm bigfix. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features.
If everyone who reads nixcraft, who likes it, helps fund it, my future would be more secure. Hello, i am new to the unix thing, and i am having trouble sending attachments via shell client putty through mailx. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. Reverse dependencies 0 reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on mailx. After some patch installation my mailx is not working in the server. I want to send four text files and one csv file as attachment using mail or mailx and uuencode utility on solaris server. This will address attaching one or more files to a mailx mail message. Its not pretty, but if you are stuck on a dinosaur where nothing newer is available, it gets the job done. The nixcraft takes a lot of my time and hard work to produce.
Mar 03, 2014 1 ask you mail server administrator to allow mail relay for solaris server. Mar 23, 2020 the heirloom mailx package formerly known as the nail package contains mailx, a commandline mail user agent derived from berkeley mail. Find answers to mailx not working in solaris 10, no mail log file from the expert community at experts exchange. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Can anybody provide me the steps to configure mailx to send the mailx configuration steps needed, please. Starting in the solaris 10 106 release, smtp can use transport layer security tls in version 8. I was told redhat 6 mailx had that functionality without using uuencode. How to send mails with attachments using the solaris mailx. The five error messages in the following example are basically the same. When you attach a device to a root pool to create a mirrored root pool, zpool. This is to make sendmail more secure by not giving out setuid for root in the binary, unlike solaris 8 and below which has one queue varspoolmqueue.
How to send mails with attachments using the solaris mailx command. This section describes how to perform basic tasks in mailx. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. But i want to send an email using mailx command instead of attaching the html file in an email, i want to show the results of html file within an email body. That is to say, this is not a bug in uuencode but simply a change in the mailx package. Solaris also provides a mechanism for building a file using m4 but this technique is not covered here. Solaris mailx send message and attach a file solutions. Sending email with zip file attachment via mailx to outlook i need to send a mail file with several attachments from hp ux to outlook. Available for aix and red hat enterprise linux systems. This service to smtp servers and clients provides private, authenticated communications over the internet, as well as protection from eavesdroppers and attackers.
Solved using mailx to send an attachment in redhat 6. We can use mailx and uuencode to communicate in solaris. How to send attachments to mail messages using the oracle. Send the execution results from cron to the registered user by e mail. Unfortunately im on solaris in a big corporate environment, so this is what i have to use. The number one in health check software for linux and unix. Solaris common messages and troubleshooting guide oracle docs. When sending an email from a command line or a script using mailx, the text intended to be a body is received as an attachment. Rhel 5 had bsd mailx, and rhel 6 has heirloom mailx.
How to attach a file to an email using command line in rhel 5. Im also pretty sure that mailx passes this flag onwards. Eventually is there any other tool in solaris which can be used for such as procedure. Hi, i have requirement from our client to configure mailx on the red hat linux server. Apr 17, 2012 so you can see why i need to ask for your help. How to send mails with attachments using the solaris mailx command by admin the post discusses the use of uuencode to send mails with attachments using mailx command.
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