Sending email from the shell

I'd like to send trivial emails to my external email addy via POP3 (just text, no attachments) from the shell. Is postfix my best bet? Is there something lighter? The postfix wiki page seems rather involved for what I want to do.
Thanks for the suggestions!
EDIT: Found sendEmail which is pretty nice. Other suggestions are still welcomed!
Last edited by graysky (2010-05-27 19:50:31)

Install msmtp and make a basic config file in ~/.msmtprc, for example:
account gmail
host smtp.gmail.com
port 587
protocol smtp
auth on
from [email protected]
user [email protected]
password password
tls on
tls_starttls on
tls_trust_file /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/Equifax_Secure_CA.crt
account default : gmail
Make sure no one else can read or write to that file ('chmod 600 ~/.msmtprc'). Then double-check that mailx is installed (it's in base) and add the following line to ~/.mailrc:
set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp"
Everythings all set up! Now just pipe your message to mailx, like karol mentioned earlier:
$ echo "message" | mail -s subject [email protected]
Last edited by fflarex (2010-05-27 22:48:49)

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