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email from command line using gmail as smtp
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# how to send emails, with attachments, from linux command line, using gmail as relay server | |
# you need to allow insecure apps: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255 | |
sudo apt-get install -y libnss3-tools heirloom-mailx | |
mkdir ~/.certs | |
certutil -N --empty-password -d ~/.certs | |
echo -n | openssl s_client -connect smtp.gmail.com:465 | sed -ne '/-BEGIN CERTIFICATE-/,/-END CERTIFICATE-/p' > ~/.certs/gmail.crt | |
certutil -A -n "Google Internet Authority" -t "C,," -d ~/.certs -i ~/.certs/gmail.crt | |
# now create a new config file (example: nano $HOME/.mailrc) containing the following lines - change USER and PASSWORD as you need: | |
set smtp-use-starttls | |
set ssl-verify=ignore | |
set smtp-auth=login | |
set smtp=smtp://smtp.gmail.com:587 | |
set from="USER@gmail.com(NAME SURNAME)" | |
set smtp-auth-user=USER@gmail.com | |
set smtp-auth-password=PASSWORD | |
set ssl-verify=ignore | |
set nss-config-dir=~/.certs | |
# example usage - switches -b and -c are optional: | |
echo SOMETHING THAT WILL GO IN EMAIL BODY | mailx -s "EMAIL SUBJECT" recipient@some.com | |
echo SOMETHING THAT WILL GO IN EMAIL BODY | mailx -s "EMAIL SUBJECT" -b bcc_user@some.com -c cc_user@some.com recipient@some.com | |
# to send a TEXTFILE as body (example, a log or script): | |
cat TEXTFILE | mailx -s "EMAIL SUBJECT" recipient@some.com | |
# to add a FILE as attachment: | |
echo SOMETHING THAT WILL GO IN EMAIL BODY | mailx -s "EMAIL SUBJECT" -a FILE recipient@some.com |
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