Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 18:39:22 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: /usr/bin/email causes error "sh: /usr/lib/sendmail: No such file or directory"
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On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 03:28:05PM -0700, David Christensen wrote:
>cygwin:
>
>I would like to send e-mail messages from Cygwin Bash scripts.  I have
>installed the "email" and "exim" packages.  When I attempt to send a test
>message form the command line, it fails:
>
>    2006-05-21 15:13:46 dpchrist AT p3533 ~
>    $ cat foo
>    test message.
>    line 2
>    bye.
>
>    2006-05-21 15:14:02 dpchrist AT p3533 ~
>    $ /usr/bin/email -s test dpchrist AT holgerdanske DOT com < foo
>
>    E-Mail Sent
>    sh: /usr/lib/sendmail: No such file or directory
>
>
>It looks like I'm missing a library (/usr/lib/sendmail).  Looking for a
>Cygwin package containing this file reveals nothing:
>
>    http://cygwin.com/packages/
>
>
>Looking for a sendmail binary reveals nothing:
>
>    2006-05-21 15:21:57 dpchrist AT p3533 ~
>    $ which sendmail
>    sendmail: Command not found.
>
>
>Any suggestions?

How about reading /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/email*.README?

cgf

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