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How do I set up the Unix 'mail' command?

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I've had a look on Google and the man pages for mail, but I can't figure out how to set it up. All I want to do is set up my email address so that I can send email via the terminal. How do I do that?

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Traditionally, Unix mail programs, including , rely on a MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) to do the actual transmission. You can use either a full-size MTA (postfix, exim4, opensmtpd) by configuring it with a 'smarthost' (relayhost), or a lightweight outgo…

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