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How is mail actually sent when I use the Linux "mail" command?
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Mar 15, 202661800 viewsConfidence Score0%
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What email account is used to send an email when using the command from the linux terminal as in: If the emails are not being sent, does one need to specify the user name and password of a sending email address? All the tutorials I have read specify nothing about the sender address. Edit: So if I r…
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echo "Body of email" | mail -s "Subject" abc@def.com
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What email account is used to send an email when using the mail command from the linux terminal as in: In default configurations, it's the very same account you used to log in. Your computer has a mail server program (a MTA) installed; usually eithe…
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