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install:nix:mail [2023/02/25 19:58] – created digital maninstall:nix:mail [2026/03/05 23:09] (current) – My system actually sends me mail via usr/sbin/sendmail, so include that link again (with update-alternatives example) digital man
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 Create the following symbolic links to the Synchronet [[module:sendmail]] script: Create the following symbolic links to the Synchronet [[module:sendmail]] script:
  
-  $ ls -l /usr/bin/mail +  $ ls -l /usr/sbin/*mail 
-  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Feb 13 15:44 /usr/bin/mail -> /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js +  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    26 Mar  5 23:03 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js 
-  $ ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail  +  $ ls -l /usr/bin/mail* 
-  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Feb 12 22:27 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js+  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    37 Feb 13 15:44 /usr/bin/mail -> /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js 
 +  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    37 Feb 13 15:44 /usr/bin/mailx -> /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js 
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 +==== Linux ==== 
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 +These symlinks may be installed automatically (and double-redirected via ''/etc/alternatives/*'' symlinks) using the Linux ''update-alternatives'' utility: 
 +  $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/mailx mailx /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js 100 --slave /usr/bin/mail mail /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js --slave /usr/sbin/sendmail sendmail /sbbs/exec/sendmail.js
  
 The Synchronet [[module:sendmail]] script contains a "shebang" that will invoke ''[[dir:exec]]/[[util:jsexec]]'' to execute ''sendmail.js''. In turn, ''sendmail.js'' will determine its personality (e.g. which command-line arguments it will recognize: sendmail or mail/mailx) based on which symlink was used to invoke it. The Synchronet [[module:sendmail]] script contains a "shebang" that will invoke ''[[dir:exec]]/[[util:jsexec]]'' to execute ''sendmail.js''. In turn, ''sendmail.js'' will determine its personality (e.g. which command-line arguments it will recognize: sendmail or mail/mailx) based on which symlink was used to invoke it.

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