Re: Shell scripts and the SMTP protocol

From: John DuBois (spcecdt_at_deeptht.armory.com)
Date: 07/13/04


Date: 12 Jul 2004 22:29:05 GMT

In article <40f07809$0$32700$a729d347@news.telepac.pt>,
Paul Smith <phhs80@hotpop.com> wrote:
>I am wanting to write a script to send an e-mail through the SMTP server
>of my ISP. What is the proper command to do this?

You could try:

ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/admin/awkmail

awkmail -p will delivery mail via smtp through localhost.
If you add -D, it will use the highest-priority mail exchanger for the
first recipient address given.
The -p option requires gawk (a modern version).

        John

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