Thanks Gabe! Jon > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabe Turner (officer) [mailto:dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 1:52 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:22133] sending mail > > > Well, with mail you can't specify an smtp server. It just gives the > message to your locally running sendmail and then sendmail sends it off. > If you're trying to send an email to joe at blah.com, you just type > > mail joe at blah.com > > The message will appear to joe as if it came from the machine > that you sent > it from. In order to make it appear that it came from > you at yoursmtpserver.com you'll have to use a bit more sophisticated MUA. > > HTH, > > Gabe > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 01:41:01PM -0500, Jonathan Erickson wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Just a small problem using the command line "mail" program. I > want to be > > able to send a message to an internet email account. I think the > > "/etc/mail.rc" file needs to be edited but I'm not sure of the > syntax. How > > do I specify the smtp server and such? > > > > Jon > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- > Gabe Turner | X-President, > UNIX Systems Administrator, | Assoc. for > Computing Machinery > U of M Supercomputing Institute for | Univerisity of Minnesota > Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation | dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu > > "Ooo-eeee-Ooooo, Killer Tofu!" - The Beats "Killer Tofu" > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org