Sending emails with bash script - lmkelly/Autoguard GitHub Wiki

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• First enable less secure apps on the gmail account to be used (if using gmail)

sudo apt-get install msmtp-mta
nano ~/.msmtprc

Add the following lines to the file

defaults
#change the location of the log file to any desired location.
logfile ~/msmtp.log
account gmail
auth on
host smtp.gmail.com
from <[email protected]>
auth on
tls on
tls_trust_file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
user <[email protected]>
password <your-password>
port 587
#set gmail as your default mail server.
account default : gmail

Lock it down

chmod 600 .msmtprc

Install heirloom-mailx source

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-security main universe

Install heirloom-mailx

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install heirloom-mailx

Create config file for mailx

nano ~/.mailrc

Add the following lines

set sendmail="/usr/bin/msmtp"
set message-sendmail-extra-arguments="-a gmail"

Example command to send mail

mail -s 'message subject' [email protected] <<< 'testing message body'