Sending mail from the command line in linux
When testing things like DKIM and and spf records it’s useful to be able to send mail from the command line.
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root@server:~# sendmail someone@gmail.com FROM: you@yourserver.com SUBJECT: hi the body . |
Alternatively, it’s faster to do make a file called message.txt with something like:
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to:someone@gmail.com from:you@yourserver.com subject:DKIM This is my message. |
And then
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cat message.txt | sendmail -t |
That way you can send it over and over again without having to spend any time.
August 05, 2010

