[imp] user "nobody"

[Rick Stevens]

intellinet IMAP wrote:

> OK I might be asking stupid questions since I'm not exactly an expert here
> but whatever.  When I call sendmail from the prompt what command is used to
> actually send the message?  After entering
>    sendmail -fbeau@intellinetinc.com -- recipient@ddress I can enter text to
> be sent as the email message right?  Well how do I exit sendmail from there
> and send whatever text I've entered?

Enter your message text.  The last line should just have a "."
as the first character:

sendmail -f beau@intellinetinc.com -- fred@bedrock.com
This is the message text.
.  <<---- (note the single dot)

If sendmail replies with a "Cc:", just hit "CTRL-D".  Done.


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