[Tfug] email question

[Andrew Ayre]

Which programming language or scripting language are you using?

For perl and PHP you can get modules that make sending emails (with
attachments, etc.) easier. Also in C (and the other languages) you can
use system() to execute programs like sendmail, etc.

Andy

Joe Blais wrote:
> Hello -
> 
> This being an e-mail, it may seem stoopid to ask, but how do I send e-mail?
> 
> I normally run winders, so that's probably my problem.
> 
> I'm writing an application that will be running under Linux (Fedora is what
> I'm running now), that needs to send out small notification emails.  I was
> hoping to just create a short file with whatever appropriate headers and
> stuff, and then invoke a regular application like mail or sendmail or
> whatever.
> 
> I tried mail, just for testing.  I gave it a known e-mail address, but the
> message was kicked back.  My initial problem is an administration or
> configuration problem.
> 
> I googled through a bunch of stuff and ignored buying the $75
> administrator's handbooks, and didn't find the right solution in The Mail
> Reference Manual.  There's a bunch of reference information in info mail,
> info sendmail..  but I don't even know what to look for if I were reading
> it.
> 
> I know our ISPs name, pop, smtp things (whatever I entered into winders
> outlook) but I didn't find where / how to make those settings in Linux.  I
> did set up email with Email (evolution) and there's a Kmail, but I don't
> think I'll have them on my final machine -- but perhaps I should -- that's
> part of my problem.  What MTA (?) is simple enough for me to setup.  And,
> can I just call it from my app and pass it a few parameters so it will send
> a short message?
> 
> Our final instrument will go out to some customer and it will obviously
> require setup.  My last machine was simple.  It was winders, and I just put
> messages to the outlook out folder, and it was done.  The customer was
> responsible for actual setup of winders lookout (I guess I should speak
> better of it, because I did get it to work).
> 
> Anyway, could anyone point me to an example or SIMPLE administration guide
> for sending email with Linux.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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