Re: email tail output
On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:40:27 +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> from what i heard that mail command does not need to have mail service
> running, right?
Well, you need a mail routing facility available in your system or a
similar tool that can be configured to directly contact e-mail servers
(like mutt).
> so i tried below command from my laptop just to check if i can put
> similar command in crontab later then i wouldn't have to log in to a
> server just to check if a process failed
>
> $ tail /var/mail/user | mail -s "system mail on `date +%F`" user@domain.com
If you're using the default installation, look at your "/var/log/exim4/*"
logs...
> but the email does not arrive at user@domain.com. Is there any
> possibility that the mail could be blocked because i could not find it
> in mailq?
Mmm... that's hardly the reason because a mail facility is required for
any current Debian installation, I mean, most sure you have Exim4 in
place but the default Exim4 configuration is not allowed to send remote
messages.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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