At 2:14 PM -0400 6/28/07, Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote:
>I had been using Mail -s "msg-logs" bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx <
>/var/spool/mail/bobg
>until about three weeks ago when it quit working.
>
>I am beginning to think that my ISP has done something to cause these
>messages not to go through since it appeared to me that they were making
>changes that created a lot of disruption in the mail server operation at
>that time.
>
>I have been trying to send other files such as:
>
>Mail -s "msg-logs" bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx < /home/bobg/ootext/FAP.txt
>
>with no success, nothing comes back? Normally these are filtered into a
>Thunderbird directory "msg-logs" The filter set up looks ok. I haven't
>changed anything there and if it didn't work I would hope the mail would
>just show up in Inbox.
>
>Is there a way I could see the outgoing message to be sure it is
>actually being sent?
>
>Can someone suggest a logical way to troubleshoot this problem? I've
>been putting this problem off but it's an annoyance that needs fixing!
Send some small test mail that way.
[]$ mail -s 'test' bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
test 1
<Ctl-D>CC:
[]$
Try tar'ing the dir up as a .tgz and see if that gets through.
Inspect the mail settings the ISP provides; turn off their spamassasin if
you can.
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