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yum install mailx

In order to get verbose output, use the -v on mailx command line. This will send verbose output to stdout as the e-mail is being sent.

The debug option dumps the protocol headers, but it configures mailx to not send anything externally - no connection is attempted:

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set debug
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Configure mailx to Relay via a Google SMTP Server

echo "test" | mailx -A gmail -s "test" test@example.com

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 =Configuration=
-==Configuring mailx to Use a Google SMTP Server==
+==Verbose and Debug Output==
-First, you will need to make sure <tt>mailx</tt> has access to a valid Google certificate in an NSS certificates database. Firefox usually has it in its profile directory, but it is a good idea to initialize a private certificate database for <tt>mailx</tt>. This page explains how to do that:
+In order to get verbose output, use the <tt>-v</tt> on mailx command line. This will send verbose output to stdout as the e-mail is being sent.
-* http://www.systutorials.com/1411/sending-email-from-mailx-command-in-linux-using-gmails-smtp/
+The <tt>debug</tt> option dumps the protocol headers, but it configures mailx to '''not''' send anything externally - no connection is attempted:
+<pre>
+...
+set debug
+...
+</pre>
+==Configuring mailx to Relay via a Google SMTP Server==
+<blockquote style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: solid thin lightgrey;">
+:[[Configure mailx to Relay via a Google SMTP Server]]
+</blockquote>
+=Using from Command Line=
+<pre>
+echo "test" | mailx -A gmail -s "test" test@example.com
+</pre>