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REPORTER-MAILX(1) LIBREPORT MANUAL REPORTER-MAILX(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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

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 problem directory to the email. This can cause the emails to be very large.

Formatting configuration files

Lines starting with # are ignored.

Lines can be continued on the next line using trailing backslash.

Format:

"%summary

subject format"

"section

element1[,element2]..." The literal text line to be added to email. Can be empty. (Empty lines are NOT ignored!) 

Subject format is a line of text, where %element% is replaced by
text element's content, and [[...%element%...]] block is used only if
%element% exists. [[...]] blocks can nest.

Sections can be:
- %summary: email subject format string.
- %attach: a list of elements to attach.
- text, double colon (::) and the list of comma-separated elements.

Elements can be:
- problem directory element names, which get formatted as


  <element_name>: <contents>


  or


  <element_name>:


  :<contents>


  :<contents>


  :<contents>
- problem directory element names prefixed by "%bare_",


  which is formatted as-is, without "<element_name>:" and colons
- %oneline, %multiline, %text wildcards, which select all corresponding


  elements for output or attachment
- %binary wildcard, valid only for %attach section, instructs to attach


  binary elements
- problem directory element names prefixed by "-",


  which excludes given element from all wildcards

Nonexistent elements are silently ignored.
If none of elements exists, the section will not be created.

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

-F CONF_FORMAT_FILE Formatting file for an email.

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 problem directory to the email.

FILES

/usr/share/libreport/conf.d/plugins/mailx.conf

Readonly default configuration files.

/etc/libreport/plugins/mailx.conf

Configuration files.

SEE ALSO

mailx_event.conf(5), mailx.conf(5), report_mailx.conf(5)

AUTHORS

•ABRT team
11/16/2020 LIBREPORT 2.1.11.1