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| ====== Send Email via Gmail SMTP Cmd Line ====== | ====== Send Email via Gmail SMTP Cmd Line ====== | ||
| - | Goal: To send an e-mail message from a bash script or command line program. | ||
| - | Prerequisites | + | **General Information** |
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| - | === Install msmtp === | + | Send an e-mail message from a bash script or command line program. |
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| + | **Checklist** | ||
| + | * Distro(s): Debian/ | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | ===== Install msmtp ===== | ||
| This package will allow you to configure what gmail account to send from and will connect securely via TLS to the gmail SMTP servers. | This package will allow you to configure what gmail account to send from and will connect securely via TLS to the gmail SMTP servers. | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | === Install Mailx === | + | ---- |
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| + | ===== Install Mailx ===== | ||
| Install a simple mail transfer agent to actually prepare the e-mail message. | Install a simple mail transfer agent to actually prepare the e-mail message. | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | === Configure Gmail Account on MSMTP === | + | ---- |
| - | 1) Create a file in your home directory called ".smtprc" | + | ===== Configure Gmail Account on MSMTP ===== |
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| + | 1) Create a file in your home directory called ".msmtprc" | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| vim ~/.msmtprc | vim ~/.msmtprc | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | === Configure Mailx === | + | ---- |
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| + | ===== Configure Mailx ===== | ||
| Setup mailx to use msmtp to send e-mail. | Setup mailx to use msmtp to send e-mail. | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | === Send mail from the command line === | + | ---- |
| - | ==Interactively== | + | ===== Send mail from the command line ===== |
| - | < | + | ==== Interactively ==== |
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| + | < | ||
| mail -s " | mail -s " | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| You will now be able to type in your message. When you want to send it, type ENTER to go to a blank line and then Ctrl+D to end/send. | You will now be able to type in your message. When you want to send it, type ENTER to go to a blank line and then Ctrl+D to end/send. | ||
| - | ==Auto Messages== | + | ==== Auto Messages |
| To send an e-mail from a script, you will need to pre-write your message. | To send an e-mail from a script, you will need to pre-write your message. | ||
| Populate a text file, such as " | Populate a text file, such as " | ||
| Then, send it like this: | Then, send it like this: | ||
| - | < | + | < |
| mail -s "My Awesome Message Subject" | mail -s "My Awesome Message Subject" | ||
| </ | </ | ||