Sending Mail from the CLI

[Kristian Rink]

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["Amichai Rotman" <amichai at iglu.org.il> @ Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:26:41
+0200]

> I am connected to my home from work using an SSH terminal.
> I would like to compress a file and send it to an e-mail address from
> the CLI.
> How do I do that? I know it's possible....

It is, but your mileage might vary depending on how you want to do it:

- - Using an interactive session (IOW sending mails with attachments
_manually_), you simply should take a look at mutt+msmtp which features
all there is to have in terms of e-mail handling, and getting a basic
setup done should be easily done.

- - Using an automated approach of building and sending mails, you will
have to build valid e-mails using some sort of programming / scripting
language. Personally, I prefer the JavaMail API for right these
purposes, but i.e. the Python "email" module should have similar
functionalities.

Cheers,
Kristian

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