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Hdridder at 07:14, 17 September 2026

2026-09-17T07:14:16Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:14, 17 September 2026
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	:The current message is marked with a'>' at the start of the line.		:The current message is marked with a'>' at the start of the line.

	;&quit		;& quit
	:Submit the changes you made and exit the client		:Submit the changes you made and exit the client

	;&exit		;& exit
	:Exit the client without submitting the changes		:Exit the client without submitting the changes

	;&<RET>		;& <RET>
	:Read the current message		:Read the current message

	;&d		;& d
	:Delete the current message		:Delete the current message
	;&d<id1> <id3>		;&d<id1> <id3>
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	;& h		;& h
	:Show a page of headers		:Show a page of headers
			;& z
			:Show next page of headers
			;& z$
			:Show last page of headers

	;& +		;& +

2025-06-04T13:47:19Z

Reading mail with mailx

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:47, 4 June 2025
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	The web knows more[https://www.computerhope.com/unix/umailx.htm].		The web knows more[https://www.computerhope.com/unix/umailx.htm].
	;mailx		;mailx
	:Start mailx ~~clinet~~ and show 1 pages or messages. The Mailx prompt is a '&'		:Start mailx client and show 1 pages or messages. The Mailx prompt is a '&'
	:The ~~currenct~~ message is marked with a'>' at the start of the line.		:The current message is marked with a'>' at the start of the line.

	;&quit		;&quit
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	;& h		;& h
	:Show a page of headers		:Show a page of headers

			;& +
			:Go to next message
			;& -
			:Go to previous message

2024-11-06T15:28:16Z

Sending mail with pyhonn

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:28, 6 November 2024
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	:Send email with attachment after entering optional text and an EOT (CTRL-D).		:Send email with attachment after entering optional text and an EOT (CTRL-D).

	=Sending mail with ~~pyhonn~~=		=Sending mail with python=

	<syntaxhighlight lang=python>		<syntaxhighlight lang=python>

2024-11-06T15:25:22Z

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 [[Category:Linux/Unix]]
 [[Category:python]]
-==Sending mail with sendmail==
+=Sending mail with sendmail=
 ;<code>sendmail -t < <messagefile></code>
 :Send the email as in <messagefile>
@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 :Send email with attachment after entering optional text and an EOT (CTRL-D).
-Python email sender found in [[https://docs.python.org/2/library/email-examples.html|the python docs]]
+=Sending mail with pyhonn=
 <syntaxhighlight lang=python>
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 def usage():

2024-07-31T13:58:52Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:58, 31 July 2024
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	;mailx		;mailx
	:Start mailx clinet and show 1 pages or messages. The Mailx prompt is a '&'		:Start mailx clinet and show 1 pages or messages. The Mailx prompt is a '&'
	:The currenct message marked with a'>' at the start of the line.		:The currenct message is marked with a'>' at the start of the line.

			;&quit
			:Submit the changes you made and exit the client

			;&exit
			:Exit the client without submitting the changes

	;&<RET>		;&<RET>

2024-07-31T13:43:43Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:43, 31 July 2024
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	main()		main()
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

			=Reading mail with mailx=
			The web knows more[https://www.computerhope.com/unix/umailx.htm].
			;mailx
			:Start mailx clinet and show 1 pages or messages. The Mailx prompt is a '&'
			:The currenct message marked with a'>' at the start of the line.

			;&<RET>
			:Read the current message

			;&d
			:Delete the current message
			;&d<id1> <id3>
			:Delete the messages with id <id1> and <id2>
			;&d<id1>-<id3>
			:Delete the messages with id <id1> up to and including <id2>

			;& h
			:Show a page of headers

2020-08-22T12:58:47Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:58, 22 August 2020
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	<syntaxhighlight lang=python>		<syntaxhighlight lang=python>
			#!/usr/bin/env python

			def usage():
			print ("Usage: "+__file__)
			print("Send email, include what you need in your program")
			version = '0.1, 19700101, Initial release'
			print("Version: "+version)
			sys.exit(1)

			# USER CONFIGURABLE ITEMS

			maxmailsize = 10000000

			# END USER CONFIGURABLE ITEMS, DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE

	def main():		def main():
	attachement1 = filepath		attachement1 = filepath
	attachement2 = filepath		attachement2 = filepath
	~~maxmailsize = 10000000~~
	mailto = ['you@domain.tld']		mailto = ['you@domain.tld']
	mailcc = ''		mailcc = ['someoneelse@anotherdomain.tld','andmore@domain.tld']
	mailbcc = ['secret@domain.tld'] # Only include this in the final sendmail call, not in the headers.		mailbcc = ['secret@domain.tld'] # Only include this in the final sendmail call, not in the headers.
	mailfrom = 'me@domain.tld' # Some systems do not like this, just remove it from the sendmail call		mailfrom = 'me@domain.tld' # Some systems do not like this, just remove it from the sendmail call

2020-08-06T12:01:08Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:01, 6 August 2020
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	mailcc = ''		mailcc = ''
	mailbcc = ['secret@domain.tld'] # Only include this in the final sendmail call, not in the headers.		mailbcc = ['secret@domain.tld'] # Only include this in the final sendmail call, not in the headers.
	mailfrom = 'me@domain.tld' # Some ~~system~~ do not like this, just remove it from the sendmail call		mailfrom = 'me@domain.tld' # Some systems do not like this, just remove it from the sendmail call
	mailsubject = 'What this is about'		mailsubject = 'What this is about'
	mailtext = "Hi,\n\nI'd like to send you an email.\n\nBest Regards\n\nMe."		mailtext = "Hi,\n\nI'd like to send you an email.\n\nBest Regards\n\nMe."
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	def sendmail(mailto,mailcc = '',mailbcc = '',mailfrom = '',mailsubject = '',mailtext = '',attachments = ''):		def sendmail(mailto,mailcc = '',mailbcc = '',mailfrom = 'Sender',mailsubject = '',mailtext = '',attachments = ''):
	import smtplib		import smtplib
	from email import encoders		from email import encoders
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	outer['To'] = ",".join(mailto)		outer['To'] = ",".join(mailto)
	outer['CC'] = ",".join(mailcc)		outer['CC'] = ",".join(mailcc)
	~~if mailfrom != '':~~		outer['From'] = mailfrom
	outer['From'] = mailfrom		msg = MIMEText(mailtext,'plain')
	msg = MIMEText(mailtext,~~_subtype=~~'plain')
	outer.attach(msg)		outer.attach(msg)
	if attachments != '':		if attachments != '':

2019-07-10T20:30:34Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:30, 10 July 2019
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	;<code>sendmail -t < <messagefile></code>		;<code>sendmail -t < <messagefile></code>
	:Send the email as in <messagefile>		:Send the email as in <messagefile>
	The email headers are in <messagefile>. That should look like:		:The email headers are in <messagefile>. That should look like:
	<syntaxhighlight lang=text>		<syntaxhighlight lang=text>
	From: me@mydomain.tld		From: me@mydomain.tld
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	mailsubject = 'What this is about'		mailsubject = 'What this is about'
	mailtext = "Hi,\n\nI'd like to send you an email.\n\nBest Regards\n\nMe."		mailtext = "Hi,\n\nI'd like to send you an email.\n\nBest Regards\n\nMe."
	sendmail(mailto, mailcc=mailcc, mailbcc=mailbcc mailfrom=mailfrom, mailsubject=mailsubject, mailtext=mailtext, attachments=[attachment1,attachment2])		sendmail(mailto, mailcc=mailcc, mailbcc=mailbcc, mailfrom=mailfrom, mailsubject=mailsubject, mailtext=mailtext, attachments=[attachment1,attachment2])
	return		return

2019-06-08T18:51:07Z