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Sending emails via command line: Difference between revisions
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* '''echo''' - prints the specified arguments to stdout | * '''echo''' - prints the specified arguments to stdout | ||
* <span style=color:green>'''-e'''</span> - makes the echo command interpret backslash escapes (<span style=color:red>'''\n'''</span> in this case) | * <span style=color:green>'''-e'''</span> - makes the echo command interpret backslash escapes (<span style=color:red>'''\n'''</span> in this case) | ||
* <span style=color:red>'''\n'''</span> - the end line symbol, i.e., it indicates that the following text begins in another line. The <span style=color:red>'''\n'''</span> part itself is not interpreted as part of the text if the '''<span style=color:green>'''-e'''</span>''' parameter is specified. | |||
The text highlighted in blue specifies the email's header information (excluding the recipient's address) and body of text. In our case it represents this: | |||
The text highlighted in blue specifies the | |||
'''Subject''': <span style=color:blue>Test</span> | '''Subject''': <span style=color:blue>Test</span> | ||
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JustTesting</span> | JustTesting</span> | ||
So, in short, the part beginning with '''echo''' and ending just before the column ('''|''') represents the email's header and body of text. Now lets The next part (after the column | So, in short, the part beginning with '''echo''' and ending just before the column ('''|''') represents the email's header and body of text. Now lets The next part (beginning after the column): | ||
'''sendmail <span style=color:green>-v -H</span> "<span style=color:blue>exec openssl s_client -quiet -connect smtp.gmail.com:587 -tls1 -starttls smtp</span>" <span style=color:purple>-au"[email protected]" -ap"senders.email.password"</span> <span style=color:brown>[email protected]</span>''' | |||
* <span style=color:green>'''-v'''</span> - verbose mode | |||
* <span style=color:green>'''-H'''</span> - runs connection helper; connection helper allows you to specify additional commands regarding the email (in this case, OpenSSL connection information) | |||
* <span style=color:blue>'''exec openssl s_client -quiet -connect smtp.gmail.com:587 -tls1 -starttls smtp'''</span> - OpenSSL connection information; <span style=color:blue>'''smtp.gmail.com:587'''</span> specifies the SMTP server and port. Replace with email service provider's relevant SMTP settings. | |||
* <span style=color:purple>-au"[email protected]" -ap"senders.email.password"</span> - what follows after <span style=color:purple>'''-au'''</span> inside the quotation marks is the email service's login username and by analogy <span style=color:purple>'''-ap'''</span> specifies the email service's login password (<span style=color:purple>'''[email protected]'''</span> and <span style=color:purple>'''senders.email.password'''</span>, in this case) | |||
* <span style=color:brown>'''[email protected]'''</span> - specifies the recipient's email address | |||
sendmail -v -H "exec openssl s_client -quiet -connect smtp.gma | sendmail -v -H "exec openssl s_client -quiet -connect smtp.gma | ||
il.com:587 -tls1 -starttls smtp" <mail.txt -f [email protected] -au"d | il.com:587 -tls1 -starttls smtp" <mail.txt -f [email protected] -au"d | ||
[email protected]" -ap"pass" [email protected] | [email protected]" -ap"pass" [email protected] | ||