On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 01:15:28PM +1000, Sunnz wrote: > Excuse me for my n00bish question, I always have tried the command: > > dmesg | mail -s "old p5 rescued from the dump" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > But it always seem like it doesn't work and that I am suppose to > set-up sendmail first? So I ended up copy the dmesg stuff and send it > in my own e-mail client later, which may not always be the best thing > to do. > > Has any had a similar experience before?
Yes, your sendmail must be able to send mail for the mail command to work. You can either copy as you've been doing, or wait until you have your box sending mail properly. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation
