Re: Command-line email?

[Randall R Schulz <rrschulz at cris dot com>]

Michael,

Yes.

Apropros (man -k) is helpful if you have a package installed. With a full 
Cygwin installation:

% apropos mail
Net::SMTP (3)        - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
Net::SMTP (3pm)      - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
exim (8)             - a Mail Transfer Agent
fetchmail (1)        - fetch mail from a POP, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR-capable 
server
formail (1)          - mail (re)formatter
mbox (5)             - Format for mail message storage.
mutt (1)             - The Mutt Mail User Agent
mutt_dotlock (1)     - Lock mail spool files.
muttrc (5)           - Configuration file for the Mutt Mail User Agent
pine (1)             - a Program for Internet News and Email
procmail (1)         - autonomous mail processor
procmailex (5)       - procmail rcfile examples
procmailrc (5)       - procmail rcfile
procmailsc (5)       - procmail weighted scoring technique
ssmtp, sendmail (8)  - send a message using smtp


The Cygwin package search page (<http://cygwin.com/packages/>) can help, 
too (patience required). With a simple search for "mail" there, 72 packages 
are listed. Not all seem completely relevant: BASH? Vim? Lilypond? I don't 
know why all those hits are produced.


And what's that search engine? Oh, yeah. Google... I've heard it's good.


I use "ssmtp" with some cover scripts to send automated change notification 
mail to my partners when I do CVS updates, e.g.

Randall Schulz


At 10:45 2003-01-16, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Does cygwin have a simple command-line email tool to toss an email to an
> SMTP server (without having to configure and run a full-taco MTA)?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael

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