How to send email from terminal.

HowToSendEmailFromTerminal.md

How to send email from Terminal

Instructions 3, 5 from here

Instruction 6 from here

1. Install mutt

sudo apt-get install mutt

2. Create email account (mail.com is the setup used here)

3. Create folder

sudo touch /var/mail/<username>
sudo chmod 660 /var/mail/<username>
sudo chown `whoami`:mail /var/mail/<username>

4. Create mutt configuration file

sudo vi ~/.muttrc

5. Fill mutt config file with correct info

Note: See additional .muttrc file.

6. Send email

   • Compose message in a .txt file and save:

   sudo vi email.txt

   • Send with just message

   echo "" | mutt -s "<Subject Line>" -i email.txt [email protected]

   Thanks to: https://www.thegeekdiary.com/linux-unix-send-mail-with-attachment-using-mutt/

   • Send with attachment

   echo "" | mutt -s "<Subject Line>" -i email.txt -a Attachment.txt [email protected]

muttrc

set realname = "<yourname>"
set from = "<mail.com email address>"
set use_from = yes
set envelope_from = yes

set smtp_url = "smtp://<mail.com email address>@smtp.mail.com:587/"
set smtp_pass = "<mail.com email address password>"
set spoolfile = "+INBOX"
set ssl_force_tls = yes