MUTT
WHAT
Command line based client for managing emails. It is a powerful tool to use for reading and sending emails from CMD in Unix based operating systems. It also supports POP and IMPA protocols for receiving emails.WHY
- Easy to install and configure
- Emails with attachments from the command line
- BCC (Blind carbon copy) and CC (Carbon copy) while sending emails
- Message threading
- Facility of mailing lists
- Support for mailbox formats like Maildir, mbox, MH, and MMDF
- 20+ Language support
- DSN (Delivery Status Notification) Support
HOW
Installation is simple as:
For Debian / Ubuntu based system
apt-get install mutt
or
For RHEL / CentOS / Fedora based system
yum install mutt
Configuration
Now we need to take care of config file which will handle the sender details and other information regarding emailMaster configuration file “/etc/Muttrc“
User Specific configuration file "~/.muttrc" or "~/.mutt/muttrc" files
Change/Add details to the config file:
set from = "user@domain.com"
set realname = "Realname of the user"
Basic Syntax-
mutt options recipient
Example:
mutt -s "Test Email" openT@openTest.com
This will give you the basic access to the use it.
Reference for this article is https://www.tecmint.com/send-mail-from-command-line-using-mutt-command/ you can learn a lot more.
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