Non interactive Mail

[Duston, Hal]

Josh,
 
Try
 
cat <<! | Mail -s "this is a test" josh at nph.com <mailto:josh at nph.com> 
body of email
!
 
Hal Duston

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua B. Derck [mailto:JOSH at nph.com]
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 4:31 PM
To: 'kclug at kclug.org'
Subject: Non interactive Mail

Can I send an email form a shell script?
Totally automatic no user intervention
 
Here is what I have done
Mail -s "this is a test" josh at nph.com <mailto:josh at nph.com> 
 
Every time I have tried it it prompts me for the body of the message, then I
have to hit control-D to send it

Joshua B. Derck 
IS Help Desk 
Nazarene Publishing House 
2923 Troost Ave. 
Kansas City, MO 64141 
816-931-1900 ext.429 
josh at nph.com