Sending Email from the Command Line

mutt Examples

Sending just a file attachment (-a) and an empty message body: $ mutt -s “System logs” -a /opt/backup.sql – user@example.com < /dev/null Sending a message body using redirection: $ mutt -s “Email subject” test@example.com < email.html Sending a file attachment along with a message body: $ echo $message | mutt -s “Subject” -a attachment.txt – me@myemail.com

mailx Example:

$ echo “message body” | mail -s “subject” test@example.com

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