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→INVESTIGATION 3: USING THE MAIL COMMAND TO SEND FILE ATTACHMENTS
# Press <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ctrl-d</span> to send your message.<br><br>Did any output display after you sent this email message? If so, what you do think it stands for?<br><br>
# Launch a web-browser and check your Seneca email for messages. Did you receive that email message?<br><br>If you did NOT receive an e-mail message, check the '''JUNK''' or '''CLUTTER''' folders.<br><br>
# Return to your shell and issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mail -a ~/local/thefile.txt yoursenecaid@myseneca.ca</span><br>Make certain to provide a <br># When prompted, enter the subject line: <span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">Test Message with Attachment</span><br><br># In the email message '''BODY''' section, type the following text displayed below:<br><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;"><br>This is a test email message with a file attachment</span><br><br># Press <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ctrl-d</span> to send your message.<br><br><br><br># Switch to your email and check your Seneca email for messages. Did you receive that email message?<br><br># Check your email to see if you received your email message. If you did, what do you notice?<br><br># Return to your shell and issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mail -s "email with attachment" yoursenecaid@myseneca.ca < ~/local/thefile.txt</span><br><br>What happened?<br><br>
# Check your email to see if you received your email message. If you did, what do you notice?<br><br>
