Ask HN: How to send GMail from command line?

10 points by tailormailed 8y ago ↗ HN

There is a utility called ghi that opens and lists github issues from command line. Is there anything that has a similar interface to send and list GMail?

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Jaruzel 8y ago ↗

As GMail uses SMTP/S for sending from an email client, a cursory google search for 'linux send smtp/s command line' gets you something like this:

http://www.binarytides.com/linux-mail-with-smtp/

As for listing your inbox and folders, searching for a command line IMAP client should net you something as well.

jerrylives 8y ago ↗

python and smtplib works nicely

fphammerle 8y ago ↗

If you prefer an interactive (curses-based) terminal application take a look http://www.mutt.org .

Mutt can easily be set up to fetch mails from gmail via smtp.

  set from='me@gmail.com'
  set imap_user='me@gmail.com'
  set folder=imaps://imap.gmail.com/
  set smtp_url=smtp://$from@smtp.gmail.com:587

Mutt can send mails both interactively and non-interactively.

  echo non-interactive | mutt you@gmail.com -c cc@gmail.com -s 'greeting'