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How to send "tiny" email from command line (via Gmail)?
Hi all,
I'd like to use bmail http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm or similar to send a very short, simple plain text mail (admin notification) to another email address.
From what I read on Google, one has to use the following parms:
smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
Port: 465 or 587
...and account name / password as well.
...OK....
But how to configure this with a simple command line tool such as bmail?
Any other tiny!!! solution???
Thanks.
I'd like to use bmail http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm or similar to send a very short, simple plain text mail (admin notification) to another email address.
From what I read on Google, one has to use the following parms:
smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
Port: 465 or 587
...and account name / password as well.
...OK....
But how to configure this with a simple command line tool such as bmail?
Any other tiny!!! solution???
Thanks.
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jar3817
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Thanks, jar3817.
I tried to get the thing running, but failed with its "complicated" syntax.
Given a standard situation with mail server address, authentication user + password, port 25: How to configure the batch file so that the whole systems runs smoothly?
Best regards
I tried to get the thing running, but failed with its "complicated" syntax.
Given a standard situation with mail server address, authentication user + password, port 25: How to configure the batch file so that the whole systems runs smoothly?
Best regards
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Oh yeah, and don't forget to put quotes around your subject in the command line, or else it'll screw up the argument numbering.
The only other small cmdline email program I know of is called Blat (http://www.blat.net/) and it also doesn't support SSL. I know Yahoo also requires SSL, but not sure about any of the other free services.