Sending, receiving, reading, composing, sorting, and generally working with email. For the mail(1) command line utility, see the tag /mail-command.
0
votes
2answers
36 views
Creating an email that can trigger a script
I have a CentOS 6.3 server. I would like to create an email address like, for example, list@myserver.com that will be a special kind of email that will trigger a script.
For example: suppose I mail ...
1
vote
1answer
14 views
What to do with a message/partial MIME type?
I used a copier/scanner to scan a document and email me the resulting image. It sent me several emails, each with a message/partial MIME attachment. mutt doesn't seem to understand these messages. ...
2
votes
2answers
53 views
Sending email without including an origin IP address in headers
I often see email headers like these when I get email these days:
Received: by FQDN (Postfix, from userid $USERID)
So does that mean that people SSH into their VPS and send email from there or is ...
3
votes
1answer
66 views
local email storage syncing to imap - mutt-friendly
Summary
My problem: I want to read email offline with my choice of client (mutt), but I want actions like moving emails, etc. to be kept in two-way snc with an imap server.
My question: Is there a ...
1
vote
1answer
2k views
How can I fake sending -time when sending email with Mutt?
Suppose a student is two hours late in returning an assignment. Now the assignment needs to travel a long way in internet so there is a good excuse that it got lost in somewhere or got jammed (well ...
1
vote
1answer
21 views
privoxy show client ip when sending mail
Is it possible for privoxy to show original client ip when sending mail ( example:
this mail header should show the client's ip not the proxy ip:
Received: from [xx.xx.xx.xx] by ...
1
vote
1answer
52 views
Is there a way to store mail attachments outside of mailboxes?
Nowadays, size limits on mail attachments are less comprehensible by traditional users. I am looking for a way to extract mail attachments as simple files that I would be able to manage elsewhere.
On ...
0
votes
1answer
47 views
Set up an email domain with Postfix and Dovecot
I am very new to the Linux world so please forgive me.
I have a VPS running Ubuntu 12.10 x86 and I have installed Rails3, Nginx, Mysql and Passenger. All are up and running.
I want to set up mail so ...
1
vote
1answer
91 views
Where is the setting for sending email to a system user with ssmtp?
I'm using ssmtp for sending email (the setting is below)
Now when i run a cron command or an at command, mail is sent to
michel@mypi
which is username @ machinename
Now ofcourse this is not a ...
1
vote
1answer
48 views
Using mutt and not revealing IP address
Here is mutt setup: I use offlineimap to fetch the mail and use msmtp to send the mail.
My concern is that when using this (msmtp), it appends my IP address in the header in every email that is sent. ...
5
votes
1answer
173 views
Postfix configuration - keep the envelops
I have a postfix server that delivers mail and send a copy of the outgoing mail to a second server for content analysis using the following configuration (addresses and IPs have been replaced):
...
2
votes
3answers
547 views
Send Email without any settings fast?
I am looking something like this on dummy comp, sending email fast without any login. I mean that I do not want to set up any .muttrc or any other settings. I want just a short msg to person A from ...
2
votes
2answers
122 views
syncing two maildirs
I have a server that I use to frequently get email from Google using offlineimap. the email is stored in a maildir format on this server.
What tool can I use to sync this maildir with the local ...
2
votes
3answers
94 views
What email features/functionality are baked into a typical Linux/GNU distro? [closed]
I am curious how system daemons on a local Linux host send email.
Is there some type of email framework already built in?
Do I need a MTA or a MUA?
What part does "Sendmail" play and is it a ...
13
votes
7answers
7k views
Lightweight outgoing SMTP server
What do you use as a lightweight SMTP for outgoing e-mails only?
I am running an app that sends e-mails via SMTP when events occur once in a while, and I don't need a fully featured e-mail server.
...
0
votes
1answer
31 views
Can't delete system email
While running Postfix on an Ubuntu, I have acquired a number of test email in an account usr1, and now I want to delete them before starting other testing. However, every time I try to delete using ...
1
vote
1answer
51 views
OpenSMTPD Configuration Problem
I'm trying to configure a simple mail server on OpenBSD 5.2, running OpenSMTPD 5.3.1, however there is some problem with my configuration file, and I'm unsure how to fix it. I can send and receive ...
0
votes
2answers
234 views
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred
I'm trying to move my emails Maildir from an old centos server to a new debian server.
rsync -avz /home/me/Maildir ssh root@ipaddress:/var/vmail/me/Maildir
I tried to copy an 8gb account, didn't ...
2
votes
3answers
905 views
How to delete a range of mails in Solaris using the 'mail' command?
I have some 1k+ mails in an inbox (old cronjob stdout), how to delete them in bulk?
I'm on Solaris 8 and I have only mail available, no pine or mutt or similar "UI"-based client.
Inline help and ...
4
votes
2answers
325 views
configure postfix to accept mail from two WANs
I have a mac server but my question has long left the realm of the GUI. My last hope is a unix forum.
I have a cisco router with two WAN ports. The mac uses postfix 2.8.3. I have correctly ...
0
votes
3answers
131 views
How to send an email to myself on the same local machine (tcp port 25)
Does anyone know how to sent email to myself?
I am trying to generate TCP traffic on port 25.
0
votes
0answers
32 views
Cron logs describe a successful run that never happened
I run a daily job that uploads data from one server to another, and today I noticed that it failed silently two days ago - no mail got sent, and the jobs were never run. But when I look at the crontab ...
0
votes
0answers
65 views
Postfix header_checks
I want to forward a copy of the users email which has the specific subject. I have tried the below settings, able to Redirect that particular subject mail. But I want to forward a copy of that mail to ...
2
votes
0answers
36 views
Why isn't Gnus scoring emails based on the To: or Cc: headers?
I use Gnus v5.13 in GNU Emacs 24.1.1 to read my email, and I'm having a trouble getting a simple score file to work. Essentially, I want any mail that's sent to (or copies) a particular email address ...
2
votes
1answer
40 views
Autocompletion of email addresses in vim
I'm playing around with various bits of an email solution, including notmuch and alot. I write my emails in vim and I'd like to have tab completion of email addresses while writing email. Is there a ...
1
vote
3answers
79 views
Unix mail command not sending email
I'm having trouble trying to send email with the unix mail command.
Currently I'm trying this:
echo "something" | mail -s "test mail" email@address.com
But when I check my email, I haven't received ...
2
votes
2answers
85 views
Sending a file as the body of an email
I want a utility that does something like this:
email --subject="xxx" --body=body.txt --to=to_address@hostname.com
(using pre-configured sender information for e.g. gmail). Note that body.txt is ...
3
votes
2answers
473 views
“IPv6 support is disabled” warnings
I get the error while running a script which tries to send emails.
send-mail: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
send-mail: warning: ...
10
votes
3answers
14k views
Can I change root's email address or forward all mail to an external address?
I'm getting a lot of mail in my root user's mail account. This appears to be mostly reports and errors from things like cron scripts. I'm trying to work though and solve these things, possibly even ...
2
votes
2answers
6k views
How do I get UUENCODE to work?
I have a server that I have inherited that has an older version of Redhat installed due to software requirements and now there is a need to use UUENCODE to allow email attachments. The uuencode and ...
2
votes
1answer
73 views
Script to send mail if there has been no entry in a log file for a certain amount of time
I am new to shell scripting. How would I write a script which can send an alert mail if there is no entry in the log file for more than 3 hours.
0
votes
1answer
102 views
IP set to block access to exim and dovecot
I have created a ipset with a bunch of IPs that I want to block access to dovecot and exim.
The ipset is called "bannedIPs" and have been added to iptables using this
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp ...
1
vote
1answer
138 views
Linux: Use maildir instead of mbox
Is there a way to use Maildir instead of mbox on a Linux box?
On some websites, it is suggested to add to /etc/aliases:
myuser: /var/mail/myuser/maildir
I've issued the newaliases command, but it ...
3
votes
4answers
128 views
How to stop monthly cron output email
Server is Debian 6.0. In /etc/aliases I have;
root: me@mydomain.com
This is so that root emails get sent directly to me. Today, a monthly script I have placed into /etc/cron.monthly has emailed me ...
4
votes
3answers
647 views
How can I apply my procmail filters to my maildir inbox?
Last night I subscribed to a mailing list, and discovered this morning that my procmail filter didn't apply to many of the mailing list messages. Now I have loads of less-important mailing list ...
14
votes
3answers
5k views
How to remove “You have mail” welcome message
When I open up my terminal it says "you have mail", anyone has any idea of why? I am running OS X, but since it too is based on Unix and relies on files such as bashrc, bash_profile etc. I thought ...
0
votes
0answers
43 views
Is there any mail list frontend that provides forum like interface?
I would like to have my mail lists presented like a forum (let's say phpBB), instead of having to browse through this unorganized pile of data: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/ranger-users/
Is ...
1
vote
1answer
598 views
Postfix error: Relay access denied
I can't send mail to external email addresses such as gmail.
When I try to send a mail with telnet I get the following error:
Trying 130.xx.xx.128...
Connected to mydomain.com.
Escape character is ...
3
votes
1answer
64 views
How to tell mutt not to wait for an attachment program to return?
I use this line for images in my mailcap:
image/*; eog %s &;
but mutt immediately deletes the temp file and eog can’t load it.
When I remove the & mutt waits for eog to be closed until it ...
1
vote
1answer
66 views
How to make an address list in mutt
I use Mutt as my main client and use the alias command quite frequently.
How to group mail addresses, or—even better—aliases into a list I can then use like an alias to send mail to?
1
vote
1answer
603 views
Understanding /etc/aliases and what it does
These are the contents of '/etc/aliases' file on my Debian (Wheezy) server, as it is:
# /etc/aliases
mailer-daemon: postmaster
postmaster: root
nobody: root
hostmaster: root
usenet: root
news: root
...
1
vote
0answers
42 views
How do I configure mailutils pop3d to not set the flags on the mailspool?
How do I configure mailutils pop3d to not set the flags on the
mail spool to read? I could not find a setting for this in the documentation.
I am using an android (stock) MUA and this does not seem ...
4
votes
2answers
242 views
Disable mail check on login?
When I login to console, e.g tty1, I usually see a message No mail, I know there's some program checking email on login, but I don't use that, how can I disable that command ?
I tried to grep from ...
-1
votes
2answers
121 views
Why email clients prepend `Re:` to subject line? [closed]
I wonder why most email clients prepend Re: to the subject if the mail is a
response.
When responding, the mail client generates an In-Reply-To: header which
clearly states that this message is a ...
2
votes
0answers
134 views
Using Trash with Mutt: Does it make sense?
I come from Thunderbird, which I found to be bloatware with spontaneous hiccoughs using 20–40% of processing power, weak IMAP and local mailfolder handling and a constant 100–500MB of RAM use.
But it ...
4
votes
1answer
128 views
Modify an incoming mail from text/plain to text/html
I'm using mutt to process my mail. There is one sender which declares the wrong content type. The mail arrives with
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary=--…
and has two parts. They are ...
2
votes
0answers
281 views
Using Munpack to extract attachments of specific file type (Debian/Squeeze)
I configured Munpack on my Debian/Linux to extract attachments from incoming emails.
(For additional context, Getmail fetches the emails and pipes it to Procmail. A Procmail recipe then pipes it to ...
3
votes
1answer
58 views
Savings emails as individual files using Procmail
I installed Getmail to retrieve emails from another email server and Procmail to filter the incoming emails. (I am running Debian/Squeeze.)
The recipe I created has this code:
:0:
* ...
2
votes
1answer
196 views
Apache mail sending flowchart / workflow?
I am currently trying to get my head into learning how Linux systems send mail, starting from Apache, to Sendmail and finally out the door.
Specifically I'm using CentOS 5 which is using Sendmail, ...
1
vote
0answers
75 views
How to setup a simple email daemon with autorespond and mail forwarding?
Since my mail provider unfortunately offers neither an autoresponder nor forwarding mail to others during vacancy, I'd like to setup e.g. a RaspberryPi to regularly check my mail account (via POP3 or ...
