Checking the status of mail sent.

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,
Is there any way to check the status of the mail sent or not.e.g

mail -s "Error Message" abc@xyz.com <aaa/bbb/data.txt

Can it return a status code which will confirm the delivery of mail sent?Please suggest.

Thanks,
Anil

2

i dont think it sends an exist code. but you can check it.

mail -s "Error Message" abc@xyz.com <aaa/bbb/data.txt
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]
then 
echo "mail was not sent properly"
fi