Use the mail command in RHEL6 to send external emails

Use the mail command in RHEL6 to send external emails

First, uninstall the built-in sendmail and postfix:

Yum remove sendmail

Yum remove postfix

Then add the following lines in/etc/mail. rc:

Set from = 123456@126.com

Set smtp = smtp.126.com

Set smtp-auth-user = 123456

Set smtp-auth-password = xxxxxxx

Set smtp-auth = login

Note: from refers to the sender, smtp-auth-user and smtp-auth-password refer to the user name and password, and smtp-auth is configured as the logon mode.

Next, run the mail command to send an email. Run the following command:

Echo "Content Hello" | mail-s "Test Title"-a testfile.txt 123456@qq.com

(Echo content for the mail body,-s refers to the mail title,-a refers to the attachment, the last 123456@qq.com refers to the recipient.

For more information, see the man manual of mail.

Recommended reading:

How to send mail via command line in Linux