Sending Email from the Command Line
May 11, 2023 —
Gregg Szumowski
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