Send an email through the command line in Ubuntu

The article is mainly reference http://www.cnblogs.com/276815076/archive/2011/10/11/2207214.html

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Needless to say, install the software first. We all know about ubuntu. You can use sudo apt-Get install mutt msmtp as a silly sudo. You just need to set everything by default.

Next, start various configurations, which are very simple and don't bother. You can copy them. Of course, I also use Ctrl + C.

Mutt
System global settings/etc/muttrc. If you use a system user, you can ~ /. Muttrc.

Vi. muttrc
Set Sendmail = "/usr/bin/msmtp"
Set use_from = Yes
Set realname = "fengyubin"
Set From = fyb@163.com
Set envelope_from = Yes

Msmtp
Create ~ /. Msmtprc and ~ /. Msmtp. log, which is the configuration file and Log File respectively.
Vi. msmtprc

Account default
Host smtp.163.com

From fyb@163.com
Auth plainuser fybpassword 123456 logfile ~ /. Msmtp. Log because the password is a clear code, we need to modify the permissions of this file.
Chmod 600. msmtprctouch ~ /. Msmtp. Log

Check whether the SMTP server supports authenticated TLS encryption:

Run the following command: msmtp -- Host = smtp.163.com -- serverinfo and press Enter.

SMTP server at smtp.163.com (m5-86.163.com [202.108.5.86]), port 25:
163. com anti-spam GT for coremail System (163com [20050206])
Capabilities:
Pipelining:
Support for command grouping for faster transmission
Auth:
Supported authentication methods:
Plain Login

Here, you can use mutt to send an email. Let's test it.

Echo "test" | mutt-s "my_first_test"
* ** @ Gmail.com

Go to the mailbox and check whether the email is successful!