Use Mutt to send mail under Linux

1, download, decompression msmtp

#wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/msmtp/msmtp-1.4.30.tar.bz2?big_mirror=0

#tar JXVF msmtp-1.4.30.tar.bz2

2. Installation

#./msmtp-1.4.30/configure–prefix=/usr/local/msmtp

#make

#make Install

3. Configure MSMTP Account

Switch to, CD/USR/LOCAL/MSMTP

New Folder Etc,mkdir etc. Use VI to create a new file, enter Vi/usr/local/msmtp/etc/msmptrc, and edit the following:

Account Default

Host Smtp.163.com

From [email protected]

Auth Login

TLS off

User 18292079713

Password Xiaozhao1

Logfile/var/log/msmtp.log

ESC, save exit. Since password is plaintext, we need to modify this file's permissions chmod ETC/MSMTPRC

4. Installation Configuration Mutt

You can use the which mutt to view mutt installed paths If you do not have the #yum install Mutt

5. Edit the Mutt configuration file

Vi/etc/mutt, edit the total settings of the Mutt, and add a few lines at the end

Set sendmail= "/usr/local/msmtp/bin/msmtp"

Set Use_from=yes

Set Realname= "[Email protected]"

Set [email protected]

Set Envelope_from=yes

Set Rfc2047_parameters=yes

Set editor= "Vim"

Set charset= "Utf-8"

5. Testing

#/usr/local/msmtp/bin/msmtp-s

#/usr/local/msmtp/bin/msmtp-p

#echo "Test" |mutt-s "my_first_test" [email protected]

Combined with cron, you can achieve quite a few functions

Use Mutt to send mail under Linux