ssmtp - Mail command not found

Question

I've installed ssmtp and I can send emails fine using the ssmtp command. However the mail command doesn't work. How do I set this up?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '12 at 08:03

The command mail is usually provided by the mailx package.

License : BSD with advertising and MPLv1.1 Description : Mailx is an enhanced mail command, which provides the functionality : of the POSIX mailx command, as well as SysV mail and Berkeley Mail : (from which it is derived).

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 17 '12 at 08:40

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In case you're using Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install mailutils

answered May 17 '12 at 08:40

ErJab

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 14:58

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If you are using Red Hat / CentOS: sudo yum -y install mailx

answered Sep 06 '12 at 14:58

Suman

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ssmtp - Mail command not found

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