How Does Mailx Work in Linux?
Contents to Send a Message to One or More People, Mailx Can Be Invoked with Arguments That Are the Names of People to Whom the Mail Will Be Sent. the User Is...
To send a message to one or more people, mailx can be invoked with arguments that are the names of people to whom the mail will be sent. The user is then expected to type in his message, followed by an ‘control-D’ at the beginning of a line, which signals the end of the message, and implicit approval to send it.
How do I use mailx on Linux?
Using the mailx command
- Simple mail. Run the following command, and then mailx would wait for you to enter the message of the email. …
- Take message from a file. …
- Multiple recipients. …
- CC and BCC. …
- Specify From name and address. …
- Specify “Reply-To” address. …
- Attachments. …
- Use external SMTP server.
How does mailx send?
smtp Normally, mailx invokes sendmail(8) directly to transfer messages. If the smtp variable is set, a SMTP connection to the server specified by the value of this variable is used instead.
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