Re: command to send mail

2005-05-07 Thread Eric Gaumer
John Hasler wrote: > Eric Gaumer writes: >> Which is what I stated... providing /dev/null means you provide nothing >> (i.e. there is no input to receive). > > /dev/null provides nulls. That is not the same as no input. /dev/null or the null device is a virtual device that discards all data w

Re: command to send mail

2005-05-07 Thread John Hasler
Eric Gaumer writes: > Which is what I stated... providing /dev/null means you provide nothing > (i.e. there is no input to receive). /dev/null provides nulls. That is not the same as no input. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Eric Gaumer
s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Eric Gaumer: >> >> create a file to use. In the case of /dev/null you are just >> telling mutt that there is no input to receive. > > Actually, you're using the device /dev/null to provide stdin, and > /dev/null is the device that provides nothing. > Which is

Re: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Eric Gaumer: > > create a file to use. In the case of /dev/null you are just > telling mutt that there is no input to receive. Actually, you're using the device /dev/null to provide stdin, and /dev/null is the device that provides nothing. -- Any technology distinguishable fro

RE: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Eric Gaumer
Patrick Kirchner wrote: > > Now I get it, so if I have the file "email_body" with the text > in it, I don't need the " Yep. The name "email_body" is just a fictitious name though. There are several ways to inject text into mutts standard input stream. The easiest is to create a file to use. I

RE: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Patrick Kirchner
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Gaumer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:05 PM > To: Debian User List > Subject: RE: command to send mail > Patrick Kirchner wrote: > > I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've always done this

RE: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Eric Gaumer
Patrick Kirchner wrote: > I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I've always done this: > > mutt -s SubjectHere -a /path/to/attachment [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > It's nice because the e-mail just goes with the attachment and > no further prompts are needed, but how does the "email_body

Re: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Jacob S
On Fri, 6 May 2005 15:39:21 -0500 "Patrick Kirchner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Eric Gaumer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:28 PM > > > Hello, > > > Do you know any command to send a mail with an attached file? > > mutt [EMAIL P

RE: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Patrick Kirchner
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Gaumer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:28 PM > To: David Roguin > Cc: Debian User List > Subject: Re: command to send mail > David Roguin wrote: > > Hello, > > Do you know any command to send a m

Re: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Eric Gaumer
David Roguin wrote: > Hello, > Do you know any command to send a mail with an attached file? mutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -a -s "Subject of email" < email_body -- Eric Gaumer Debian GNU/Linux PPC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://egaumer.pagecache.org PGP/GPG Key 0xF15D41E9 pgp3sorHfYJAO.pgp Description: P

Re: command to send mail

2005-05-06 Thread Eric Gaumer
David Roguin wrote: > Hello, > Do you know any command to send a mail with an attached file? mutt [EMAIL PROTECTED] -a -s "Subject of email" < email_body -- Eric Gaumer Debian GNU/Linux PPC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://egaumer.pagecache.org PGP/GPG Key 0xF15D41E9 pgpe3khsEW8mU.pgp Description: