reporter-mailx(1) - Linux man page

Name

reporter-mailx - Sends contents of a problem directory via email.

Synopsis

reporter-mailx [-v] -d DIR [-c CONFFILE]

Description

The tool reads a problem directory, composes an email message from the directory contents, and uses mailx to send the message to specified recipient.

Properties of email messages can be specified in a configuration file, and via environment variables.

Configuration file

Configuration file contains entries in a format "Option = Value".

The options are:

Subject

The subject of the email message.

EmailFrom

The sender of the email message.

EmailTo

The recipient of the email message.

SendBinaryData

Use yes/true/on/1 to attach all binary files from the dump directory to the email. This can cause the emails to be very large.

Integration with ABRT events

reporter-mailx can be used as a reporter, to allow users report problems via email when they decide to do it. This usage is pre-configured in /etc/libreport/events.d/mailx_event.conf:

EVENT=report_Mailx      reporter-mailx

It can also be used to notify administrator automatically when a problem happens. When this is desired, modify the event configuration file to run the tool on the post-create event:

EVENT=post-create       reporter-mailx

Options

-d DIR

Path to problem directory.

-c CONFFILE

Path to configration file. When used in ABRT event system, the file contains site-wide configuration. Users can change the values via environment variables.

Environment Variables

Environment variables take precedence over values provided in the configuration file.

Mailx_Subject

Subject of the email message.

Mailx_EmailFrom

Sender of the email message.

Mailx_EmailTo

Recipient of the email message. If nor the environment variable nor the corresponding option is defined, the message is send to "root@localhost".

Mailx_SendBinaryData

Use yes/true/on/1 to attach all binary files from the dump directory to the email.

Authors

• ABRT team