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Use mutt to send mail under Linux

1. Root user execution

Sudo apt-get install msmtp

Sudo yum-y install msmtp

Sudo yum-y install mutt

Wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/msmtp/msmtp-1.4.30.tar.bz2?big_mirror=0

Tar-jxvf msmtp-1.4.30.tar.bz2

Cd msmtp-1.4.30

. / configure-- prefix=/usr/local/msmtp

Make

Make install

Chmod-R 755 / usr/local/msmtp

Ln-s / usr/local/msmtp/bin/msmtp / usr/bin/msmtp

Setting profile under ordinary users

Vi / .msmtprc

Account default

Host outgoing mail server name

Port 25

From sender

Auth plain

User sender email account

Password sender email password

Logfile ~ / .msmtp.log log location

[xxxxxxx@vmcxapk01 ~] $cat .msmtprc

Account default

Host smtp.richinfo.cn

Port 25

From xxxxxxx@richinfo.cn

Auth login

Tls off

User xxxxxxx@richinfo.cn

Password # @ #

Logfile / .msmtp.log

Vi / .muttrc

Set sendmail= "/ usr/bin/msmtp" msmtp # installation location, soft connection made in advance (can be obtained using which msmtp)

Set use_from=yes

Name of sender of set realname= "XX"

Set from= "XX" sender email account

Set envelope_from=yes

Set editor= "vim-nw"

[xxxxxxx@vmcxapk01 ~] $cat .muttrc

Set sendmail= "/ usr/bin/msmtp"

Set charset= "UTF-8" # set the code

Set rfc2047_parameters=yes

Set envelope_from=yes

Set use_from=yes

Set from= "xxxxxxx@richinfo.cn"

Set realname= "$HOSTNAME" # it's best to change your email account name to prevent it from being mistaken for spam

Modify permissions for .muttrc

Sudo chmod 0600 ~ / .msmtprc

Otherwise, it will prompt:

".msmtprc: contains secrets and therefore must have no more than user read/write permissions"

Send an email

Echo "test" | mutt-s "test" XX@richinfo.cn

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