how to include HTML code in Mailx mail body

Question

How can i send the email using mailx command including the HTML code? for example:

mailx -s "Report" << EOF
Report Generated
<table width="600">
<tr><td width="30%">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td width="35%" style="font-size:7pt;">Definition</td></tr></table>EOF

however the mail did send, but which is not as html code..

Anybody know how to send mailx including the html inside the mail body?

Use sendmail instead, as defined here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17359/how-do-i-send-a-file-as-an-email-attachment-using-linux-command-line/14213935#14213935 — Eric Leschinski, Jan 16 '13 at 04:17

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 20 '12 at 17:03

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I havent used mailx for sending HTML but have used sendmail. You can use the following if you can use sendmail instead of mailx

(echo -e "Subject: $SUBJECT\nMIME-Version: 1.0\nFrom: $MAIL_FROM\nTo:$MAIL_TO\nContent-Type: text/html\nContent-Disposition: inline\n\n";/bin/cat $MAIL_FILE) | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f  $MAIL_FROM $MAIL_TO

I tried this on Linux

edited Jan 20 '12 at 17:03

Benjie

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answered Oct 19 '10 at 08:46

Raghuram

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This is the only answer that worked for me. I guess it just can't be done with mailx. – Nic Feb 08 '13 at 17:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '14 at 21:26

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the -a "Content-Type..." works with mailx on Ubuntu.

answered Jan 28 '14 at 21:26

PrgWiz

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Not as of now. Mailx `-a` adds a file. It says `Content-Type: text/html: No such file or directory` – Redsandro Jul 17 '14 at 09:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:54

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mailx allows you to specify additional headers with the -a option. So you can use something as mailx -a "Content-Type: text/html".

answered Mar 20 '12 at 13:54

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This option actually attaches a file. – Rajish Feb 15 '13 at 16:26
@Rajish -A attaches a file. – brad Aug 17 '14 at 03:32

how to include HTML code in Mailx mail body

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