Email Subject Not Showing

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/bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" < $EMAILMESSAGE

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/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE

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#!/bin/bash
# script to send simple email
# email subject
SUBJECT='DELETED TODAY'
# Email To ?
EMAIL="cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu"
# Email text/message
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
echo "Testing email"
/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE


Still saying (no subject) :-(

I heard some people don't like "XXX..." either.

So try something like "EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT" or the like.

Thanks  but same thing :-(
#!/bin/bash
# script to send simple email
# email subject
SUBJECT='DELETED TODAY'
# Email To ?
EMAIL="cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu"
# Email text/message
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
echo "Testing email"
#/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
/bin/mail -s "TODAY" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
~

#!/bin/bash
# script to send simple email
# email subject
SUBJECT="EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT"
# Email To ?
EMAIL="cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu"
# Email text/message
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
#/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
~

OK so.  These mails you are sending are being received, correct?  Check the headers and look for the "Subject" line -- I'm curious if the header is non-existant, a null value, or if it says "(no subject)" like you posted earlier.

I understand that the "(no subject)" is probably just something displayed by your email client, but look for it in the headers anyways.

Bottom line here is the script works in general.

So we have some general problem with the script as a whole.

Could it be that you wrote the script under e.g. Windows and transferred it
(maybe even with copy and paste) to Unix?

Could you try just from the command line (outside any script, that is):

mail -s "MYSUBJECT" cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu < /etc/hosts

?

Bottom line here is the script works in general.

So we have some general problem with the script as a whole.

Haha!

Ok let me rephrase mine -- Bottom line here is the script is syntactically correct :)

Syntactically - yes!

I'm rather emphasizing some invisible characters or the like.

Yep I'm on board with your latest guess :)

Nothing much header wise

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Yes i did put it on notepad and copied it to unix but when i set list, it looks ok.

#!/bin/bash$
# script to send simple email$
# email subject$
SUBJECT="EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT"$
# Email To ?$
EMAIL="cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu"$
# Email text/message$
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt   $
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"$
#/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE$
/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE$
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:set list

that's not the actual header.

Do these things to find hidden characters:

vi the script, and type :set list
cat -v scriptname

Ah my bad I spoke too soon, was writing 1 reply then saw your other but didn't pay enough attention to it.

Still would like to see the real headers if possible.

cat -v scriptname

?

And the command line?

oracle@bb7b:~/scripts$ cat -v  email_results.sh
#!/bin/bash
# script to send simple email
# email subject
SUBJECT="EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECT"
# Email To ?
EMAIL="cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu"
# Email text/message
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt  
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
#/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
oracle@bb7b:~/scripts$


./email_results.sh

>> i did put it on notepad and copied it to unix <<

I'd suggest rewriting the script from scratch under UNIX using vi!

I saw the weirdest things with copy and paste from Windows to Unix.

And with command line I meant what I posted above:

mail -s "MYSUBJECT" cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu < /etc/hosts

We use gmail.  How do you see the real header?

Open the mail, click the dropdown next to reply, and hit show original

#!/bin/bash
SUBJECT="Experimental Subject"
EMAIL="cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu"
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
/bin/mail -s "${SUBJECT}" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE


or
"email_result.sh" 6 lines, 239 characters
#!/bin/bash
SUBJECT="Experimental Subject"
EMAIL="cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu"
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
/bin/mail -s "SHOW SUBJECT" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
~
  Same thing either way :-(

So the script seems indeed OK.

Could you finally run the command line thing?

If this doesn't work either it must indeed have to do with Gmail.

Do you have an account with some other provider to check?

If this doesn't work either it must indeed have to do with Gmail.

Need headers!

Yes, the same when sent to a different client

#!/bin/bash
SUBJECT="Experimental Subject"
EMAIL="zozimos@gmx.com"
awk '/deleted/' score_provider_delete.lst > /tmp/emailmessage.txt
EMAILMESSAGE="/tmp/emailmessage.txt"
/bin/mail -s "SHOW SUBJECT" "${EMAIL}" < $EMAILMESSAGE
~
~
~

Last call for the command line test.


mail -s "MYSUBJECT" cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu < /etc/hosts

Sorry
oracle@bb7b:~/scripts$
oracle@bb7b:~/scripts$ mail -s "MYSUBJECT" cornelius.taylor@csueastbay.edu < /etc/hosts
/export/home/oracle/dead.letter... Saved message in /export/home/oracle/dead.letter
oracle@bb7b:~/scripts$

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Show us the gmail headers.

Like this??

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Ah yes, finally.

OK so the Subject header is non-existent, but so is the body To, so that whole thing looks abnormal.

I have an idea...

which mail

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ls -l `!!`

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btw, screw csueastbay, the real name is CSU Hayward ;)

Watch it!!  ex President spent a LOT of money for that name change :-(

Oh I'm just playin :p  I lived in Hayward a long time.

racle@bb7b:/u05/datapump_directory$ which mail
/usr/bin/mail
oracle@bb7b:/u05/datapump_directory$


oracle@bb7b:/u05/datapump_directory$ ls -l `!!`
ls -l `which mail`
-r-x--s--x   1 root     mail       67932 Aug 10  2010 /usr/bin/mail

Following Papertrip's idea:

What do you see with

alias mail

?

Sorry, forgot that we're talking about a script here!

racle@bb7b:~$ alias mail
-bash: alias: mail: not found

OK. The administrator said i should actually be using sendmail where i would need to feed all that information myself.
Thanks

Not sure why you gave the Accepted Solution to http:#36525987 

wmp and I both spent a lot of time on this, both had great ideas, agreed on pretty much everything, but I still don't understand why you assigned points the way you did.

Is it possible to distribute the full amount of points split equally between wmp and I?  If you object wmp or have comments, please speak up.

I may be confused about how points work with questions since I haven't submitted one.  I got a base value of 250 for this, and I assume wmp got 500.  I don't want to take away any points from wmp, so is it possible for both of us to get 500?

Don't worry, I got 250 just like you did!

Thx for the points, xoxomos!

wmp

Hah ok.

Wasn't trying to start any drama, just was a bit confused, only been on here for like a week :)

And yes thanks for the points! haha

Good luck.

From what i see, 500 is the maximum possible on any question.  One of you noted there was nothing wrong with the script, you tested the script and concluded it work.  That is why i upped from 250 to 500, the maximum in order to give the original value to each.  No wmp got 250 also.  I know there used to be a way to work around the 500 point limit by putting out another question with a title like Points For Papertrip, but I think EE now discourages if not outright forbids that.