mail cli.... can't exit the program

[wannabegeek]

hi all...

I have a small problem that I can't find a google answer for.....it's so simple it's a little hard to explain...

I have been using mail:


mail -s "testing" --append=FROM:"test subject line" foo@bar

I get the cc: prompt which I leave blank, then I compose the body of the message....
To exit the program and send the mail, I thought that all I do, is skip a line by pressing enter,

type a period (.) then inter again....nothing happens...I figured how to interrupt :)

thanks !

wbg

[wannabegeek]

I found a nixcraft blog with some info..

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-write-command-to-send-receive-mail/

So control -D sent my mail...not the dot following blank space..... and not the behavior I expected from the nixcraft
article....

I guess I can live with Control D , now I need to figure out how to get mail to download my gmail mail if that's possible...