Installing mailx

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<span style= "font-size:14px;" >yum -y update<br>< /span > 
yum install -y mailx

We can now start sending e-mails using

create a symbolic link

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<span style= "font-size:14px;" > ln  -s  /bin/mailx  /bin/email <br>< /span >

###Set an External SMTP Server to Relay E-Mails

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<span style= "font-size:14px;" > vi  /etc/mail .rc<br>< /span >

edit

set smtp=smtps://smtp.gmail.com:465

set smtp-auth=login

set smtp-auth-user=USERNAME@YOURDOMAIN.COM

set smtp-auth-password=YOURPASSWORD

set ssl-verify=ignore

set nss-config-dir=/etc/pki/nssdb/

send email

example usage :

echo "Your message" | mail -v -s "Message Subject" email@address