sending mail using external smtp-server

[pascali70]

Hi,

Is it possible to send a mail from the terminal using a external smtp-server. If yes, do you have to install extra software and what are te commands to send the mail ?

thanks in advance,

Pascal.

[Ximbiot]

You can send mail from the command line using mailx:

apt-get install mailx

That command should install any dependencies as well, but you might consider nullmailer as a simple forwarding mail server - nullmailer can be configured to forward mail to a "smart host" (presumably, your ISP's mail server) if you need to.

apt-get install nullmailer

[Ximbiot]

There are also some curses-based mail clients that are more interactive than mailx. mutt and pine come to mind. Try them both out and uninstall the one you don't like:

apt-get install pine mutt