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command line email

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I’m an Ex-programmer (long ago) I prefer to use the command line (shell) and would, ideally like to perform emails from the shell too. I use the Debian Desktop variant.

I have many external emails providers — e.g. hotmail, gmail, rocketmail, etc., and would like to access them via the shell… I highly suspect using mailutils’ mu-mh and or mail(x) — the former being my /style/.

I have been searching online and the documentation(s), but to little avail. I managed to partially configure mutt (only hotmail and gmail), but later realised (mu-)mh was where I would like to be.

Based on mutt, I suspect it should involve configuring some links to smtp/imap servers, but never can I get enough concrete direction/examples to allow success.

I write/post this in an desperate plea for tech-help on where I should be looking, etc.

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I doubt I can help. Why?

In reply to command line email

Because not only must you configure your end but many email providers require some tweaks on their end. This means there are few standards here and the days of simple are gone.

Notice the cacophony of answers at https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/6kit5u/how_to_send_mail_from_command_line/

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